448pp. 22 photos, maps, and illustrations. 4,500 entry Every Name Index. 1996. #1530 
First-hand accounts written by ordinary immigrants are among the rarest yet most valuable sources for understanding the motivations and experiences of immigrants. Such accounts also offer unique viewpoints on America as seen by outsiders. 
In this book you will see America as it appeared to Swiss immigrants, in their own words, from 1704 through 1906. These fascinating accounts range from the promoters and settlers of 1710 South Carolina to the Mennonites of 18th century Pennsylvania; from the Mormon Swiss of the 1870s to the Italian-Swiss winegrowers of late 19th century California. 
There are colonial-era letters from Pennsylvania 1736-1769; Maryland 1704; North Carolina 1711; and South Carolina 1733-1785. Nineteenth-century letters cover Pennsylvania, Indiana, Kentucky, South Carolina, Maryland, Ohio, Texas, Illinois, Wisconsin, Utah, Wyoming, Michigan, and California. 
Interested in immigrants; in German-speaking settlers; in colonial America? This book is for you.

AMERICA EXPERIENCED: Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Accounts of Swiss Immigrants to the United States

Picton

Fenni-2: More Finns Among Us: A History of the Finns in America

Art Jura

8vo. Cloth binding, 672 pp. 13,373 entry Every Name index. Following in the tradition of her two earlier publications covering the descendants of John Howland of the Mayflower, Betty White has now completed the five generations, and naming the sixth, of John's third child Hope who married John Chipman.

John Howland of the Mayflower Hope Howland (Volume 3)

White, Elizabeth Pearson

The rifle volunteers: The history of the rifle volunteers 1859-1908

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Westlake, Ray

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Royal Flying Corps (Military Wing): Casualties and Honours During the First World War, 1914-17

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Devizes in Focus: A Town in Photographic Profile

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Girvan, John

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Showmen of Wiltshire: We're only in business for fun

Humor & Entertainment

Soldiers of the Queen: The history of the Queen's Regiment, 1966-1992

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The Falklands and the Dwarf: The cruise of H.M.S. Dwarf in the Falkland Islands, 1881-1882

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