David SCHUBERT: Kavel's People Their Story of Migration / 1st Edition 1985

by SCHUBERT, David

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Kavel's People. Their Story of Migration from Prussia to South Australia for the Sake of their Faith, and their Initial Settlement, told mainly from Journals, Letters, and other Documents of the Time Author: SCHUBERT, David Title: Kavel's People. Their Story of Migration from Prussia to South Australia for the Sake of their Faith, and their Initial Settlement, told mainly from Journals, Letters, and other Documents of the Time Publication: Adelaide, Lutheran Publishing House, September 1985 Edition: First Edition Description: Quarto, xii, 194 pages with maps, plans and numerous illustrations (mostly from photographs) plus endpaper maps. Colour-pictorial papered boards slightly scuffed and lightly scored at the rear; an excellent copy. Signed and dated by the author at the book launch (21 October 1985); the invitation to the launch is loosely inserted. 'In November 1838, less than two years after South Australia was proclaimed a colony, about two hundred German emigrants arrived at Port Adelaide. They were religious refugees, sponsored by George Fife Angas and led by Pastor August Kavel ... This book contains the story of these pioneers, told largely by them and their contemporaries' (from the preface). Seller ID: 147688 Subject: Australia, History, Religion, Signed, South Australia Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers, established in Adelaide, South Australia, in March 1976, is a longstanding member of the Australian and New Zealand

• Publisher: Lutheran Publishing House
• Year: 1985
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good

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