German American Annals Devoted To The Comparative Study Of The Historical Literary Linguistic Educational And Commercial Relations Of Germany And America PDF Download

Excerpt from German American Annals, 1913, Vol. 15: Continuation Of The Quarterly Americana Germanica; A Bi-Monthly Devoted To The Comparative Study Of The Historical, Literary, Linguistic, Educational And Commercial Relations Of Germany And America Strubberg occupies a unique position in the history of German letters. He was led to a literary career by the merest accident, but for the intervention of which he might have ended his days as a planter in Arkansas. Far from being a literary man, not even widely read in his own literature, much less in a foreign, we see him publishing his first work in his fifty-second year. Influenced by no literary tendency, a member of no literary school, he wrote, so to speak, frei von der Leber. A normal man, physically strong, and mentally alert, he possessed a good store of that knowl edge and wisdom which is acquired by one who has been about the world and thrown on his own resources. He sought to express that which he had seen, experienced, and heard, in a simple, straightforward manner. There are but few literary allusions and little conformity to the prescribed forms of art. Having lived a life which again proves that truth is stranger than fiction, it is but natural that on having the pen pressed in his hand he should draw on his own varied experiences. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.