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The Story of the Palatines: An Episode in Colonial History (1897)
Sanford Hoadley Cobb
ASIN: B01AZZT4UG
Publisher: unknown
Pages: 153

“Cobb’s book set forth with force and clearness the place in history which rightly belongs to these German pioneers in the new world.” -NY Times, Jan. 1, 1898"A close student of the Palatines in New York, Cobb expresses a high estimate of them." -The Germans In The Making Of America (2013)"From the Palatinate...southwest Germany...driven out by religious persecution...British referred to these people as Palatines." -The Palatine Wreck (2017)"“Cobb’s book set forth with force and clearness the place in history which rightly belongs to these German pioneers in the new world.” -NY Times, Jan. 1, 1898“Dr. Cobb...was a man of strong mentality, an author of obvious talent, both in research and writing...author of two valuable and able historical works.” - The Wilkes-Barre Record, May 12, 1910 What caused Germans from the Palatinates region of Germany to first flee to America in the early ...
Amazon Rating:
4.5 stars from 33 ratings