A Picture of the Pennsylvania Germans (Pennsylvania History Studies, No. 1)

v, 83 pp. CONTENTS: Foreword; Background: Where Did the Pennsylvania Germans Come From? - Why Did They Come? - Who Came? - Who Are the Pennsylvania Germans?; Difficulties in a New Home: They Built to Stay: Soil and Religion - Prejudices of Their English-Speaking Neighbors - The Language Problem - Politically Inactive - Attitude toward Education; Pennsylvania German "Firsts"; Other Achievements of Pennsylvania German Personalities; The Role of the Pennsylvania Germans in War: The "Kentucky" Rifle - The Conestoga Wagon; The Role of the Pennsylvania Germans in Peace: Literature - Music - Art in General - Love of Color and Decoration - Barn Signs - Fraktur - Pottery - Painted Household Furniture; Characteristics of the Pennsylvania Germans; Pennsylvania German Folklore: Superstitious Beliefs - Customs; Pennsylvania German Names; Conclusion; Selected Bibliography.