| Description: | This is an English translation of the German text, which is a historical novel about the creation of the Republic of Texas. It consists of a series of sketches that depict the new Republic of Texas as a land of opportunity for immigrants. |
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| Creator(s): | Sealsfield, Charles, 1793-1864 |
| Location(s): | United States - Texas |
| Creation Date: | 1844 |
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UNT Libraries
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| Collection(s): |
Rare Book and Texana Collections
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| Usage: |
Total Uses: 1,621
Past 30 days: 17
Yesterday: 0
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| Creator (Author): |
Sealsfield, Charles, 1793-1864
Postl, Carl Anton |
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Publisher Name: J. Winchester
Place of Publication: New York
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| Original Creation Date: | 1844 | |
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| Description: | This is an English translation of the German text, which is a historical novel about the creation of the Republic of Texas. It consists of a series of sketches that depict the new Republic of Texas as a land of opportunity for immigrants. |
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"by Seatsfield." Actual spelling is "Sealsfield." Dedicated to Hon. Joel R. Poinsett, former United States Secretary of War, by the author. |
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Historical note about this book: "The Cabin Book, which helped to motivate the Adelsverein and encouraged German migration to Texas, depicts a land both promising and dangerous, inhabited by legendary men, where 'you sow nails at night, and find horseshoes in the morning.' The work was immensely popular and remained one of the most widely read books in Texas throughout the nineteenth century. Highly derivative of the anonymous A Visit to Texas (1834), Sealsfield's heroic novel was the first important discussion of Texas in the German language; coupled with William Kennedy's Goethean Texas: The Rise, Progress, and Prospects of the Republic of Texas, which appeared the same year, it presents Texas as a rich field of opportunities. Although often considered overwhelmingly exuberant and optimistic, with a heavy admixture of manifest destiny, the book also warns that change and progress can be costly, even deadly, in personal terms. Some learned immigrants during Sealsfield's day took both the encouragement and the admonitions to heart. Approximately 100 printings of the novel, either as complete or revised editions or as excerpts in at least five languages, attest to its lasting appeal." |
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| Physical Description: |
155 p. ; 23 cm. |
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| Keyword(s): | Mexicans | Texas Revolution | historical fiction | |
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| Added Title: | The cabin book. | |
| Parallel Title: | Das Cajütenbuch: oder nationale Charakteristiken. | |
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UNT Libraries
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| Collection: |
Rare Book and Texana Collections
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| Relation (Has Version ): | Das Cajütenbuch: oder nationale Charakteristiken., ark:/67531/metapth202839 | |
| Relation (Has Version ): | The cabin book: or, sketches of life in Texas, ark:/67531/metapth202838 | |
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| Resource Type: | Book | |
| Format: | Text | |
