Palatine Roots: the 1710 German Settlement in Ny as Experienced By Johann Peter Wagner - edition reliée, livre de poche

The first major study of the New York Germans since Knittle's 1937 Early Eighteenth Century Palatine Emigration, this fascinating study provides an unvarnished window into the first decades of the famous 1710 immigration into New York State. Nan Dixon has coupled this with a detailed look at the conditions in Germany in the century leading up to the migration.

Hank Jones' award-winning two volume The Palatine Families of New York documents the 647 heads of immigrating families; Palatine Roots brings these families back to life, often through their own words. You will read of the shipboard experiences of these simple German farmers, the subsequent English abuse of power over them in New York Colony, and their day-to-day struggle for existence in the New World. Hundreds of original quotes give this book a vividness not to be found in any other work on this historic event. If you are descended from any of the 647 Palatine families of 1710 or are interested in this extremely important period of our country's history you will want this book.