Seeking asylum after the failed German Revolution of 1848, refugees flocked to Cincinnati's Over-the-Rhine Neighborhood. They brought their Germanic culture language, literature, music, art, dance, drink, celebration or gemutlichkeit" AND, their love for gymnastics. It was here in the small tavern, "Hecker Haus," that the American Turners were born, founded by a group of 14 German speaking immigrants. This movement rapidly spread, influencing a growing nation in education, progressive thought, politics, human rights, health, literature and the arts. This is the story of that organization, born... Read More
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Seeking asylum after the failed German Revolution of 1848, refugees flocked to Cincinnati's Over-the-Rhine Neighborhood. They brought their Germanic culture language, literature, music, art, dance, drink, celebration or gemutlichkeit" AND, their love for gymnastics. It was here in the small tavern, "Hecker Haus," that the American Turners were born, founded by a group of 14 German speaking immigrants. This movement rapidly spread, influencing a growing nation in education, progressive thought, politics, human rights, health, literature and the arts. This is the story of that organization, born... Read More
Seeking asylum after the failed German Revolution of 1848, refugees flocked to Cincinnati's Over-the-Rhine Neighborhood. They brought their Germanic culture language, literature, music, art, dance, drink, celebration or gemutlichkeit" AND, their love for gymnastics. It was here in the small tavern, "Hecker Haus," that the American Turners were born, founded by a group of 14 German speaking immigrants. This movement rapidly spread, influencing a growing nation in education, progressive thought, politics, human rights, health, literature and the arts. This is the story of that organization, born and raised in Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky, which fostered a great German-American movement."
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Pages: 176
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
Imprint: The History Press
Publication Date: 17th February 2012
State: Ohio
Illustration Note: 100% Mono
ISBN: 9781609493851
Format: Paperback
BISACs: HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI) HISTORY / United States / General
Author Bio
Dann Woellert is a marketing manager and has been in the product marketing field for over a decade. He writes the food blog "Dann Woellert the Food Etymologist," which discusses the origin of local and national delicacies. Dann is affiliated with the Cincinnati Preservation Association, Cincinnati Historical Society and the German American Citizen's league, and has done work for the Cincinnati Brewery Heritage Trail. He has won the Ohioiana Award for Literary and Artistic Achievement three times.
Seeking asylum after the failed German Revolution of 1848, refugees flocked to Cincinnati's Over-the-Rhine Neighborhood. They brought their Germanic culture language, literature, music, art, dance, drink, celebration or gemutlichkeit" AND, their love for gymnastics. It was here in the small tavern, "Hecker Haus," that the American Turners were born, founded by a group of 14 German speaking immigrants. This movement rapidly spread, influencing a growing nation in education, progressive thought, politics, human rights, health, literature and the arts. This is the story of that organization, born and raised in Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky, which fostered a great German-American movement."
Pages: 176
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
Imprint: The History Press
Publication Date: 17th February 2012
State: Ohio
Illustrations Note: 100% Mono
ISBN: 9781609493851
Format: Paperback
BISACs: HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI) HISTORY / United States / General
Dann Woellert is a marketing manager and has been in the product marketing field for over a decade. He writes the food blog "Dann Woellert the Food Etymologist," which discusses the origin of local and national delicacies. Dann is affiliated with the Cincinnati Preservation Association, Cincinnati Historical Society and the German American Citizen's league, and has done work for the Cincinnati Brewery Heritage Trail. He has won the Ohioiana Award for Literary and Artistic Achievement three times.
