Ehrenberg, Hermann:

$3,250 · Offered by William Reese Company

FAHRTEN UND SCHICKSALE EINES DEUTSCHEN IN TEXAS. Third edition, after the first of 1843, and the first with this title. "One of the earliest German accounts of Texas, this is also an important source work on the events of the Texas Revolution" - Jenkins. Ehrenberg emigrated from Germany to New Orleans, and joined the Louisiana Greys to fight in aid of Texas in 1835. He took part in the siege of Bexar, the battle of Coleto in March 1836, and the Fannin massacre, from which he escaped. Later he took part in the Gold Rush and the early settlement of California. "By the leading surveyor, map maker and explorer of the early Southwest" - Howes.

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