The Volga Germans. Pioneers of the Northwest
Moscow, Idaho: University Press of Idaho, 1980. [First Edition]. Hardcover. 8vo., 245pp., cloth cover wraparound photo: The Jacob Wacker farmstead near Odessa, Washington, frontis map: Area of Volga German Settlement in the Pacific Northwest", fifty-nine illustrations, eight maps, three tables, notes, bibliography, index. -- The scarce hardbound edition. Near fine. Item #9866
ISBN: 0893010731
Origins of emigration from Germany, religious strife; European wars, economic conditions of the peasantry; the Seven Years War. Contents: The Program of Colonization Under Catherine II. - Colonial Development on the Volga. - Immigration to the United States - Arrival in the Pacific Northwest. - New Outposts and Regional Expansion. - Pioneering Mission Work.
Price: $75.00