 Robert and Margarete Peters and their children Johannes, who is eight, and Dorothea, who is six, emigrate from Germany to the United States in 1869. They leave behind severe economic conditions, their farm, family, and friends. They can take only what they can carry in the one trunk allowed in steerage aboard the Teutonia. They land in New Orleans and join a wagon train headed west to Nebraska, where they establish a farm outside Omaha. The book ends with fifth generation, multiethnic descendants of Robert and Margarete, who live on the same farm in Omaha, traveling back to their ancestral home in Germany to uncover their history. Detailed, delicate, and crisp pencil and watercolor illustrations enrich the fascinating, well-organized, flowing text in this excellent resource for social studies classrooms. Decorative maps on the endpapers show each family’s journey. mjw |
| Title: In The New World: A Family In Two Centuries Author: Christa Holtei Illustrator: Gerda Raidt Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing Copyright: 2015 Original Language: German Translator: Susi Woofter Original Title: In Die Neue Welt: Eine Familiengeschichte in Zwei Jahrhunderten Original Publisher: Julius Beltz GmbH and Co. KG, Beltz Verlag Original Copyright: 2013 ISBN: 978-1-58089-630-6 Hardcover pages: 40 Age range: 5-10 Genre: Picture Book Book setting: Germany and Omaha, Nebraska, USA Author’s ethnicity: German Author’s residence: Germany Illustrator’s ethnicity: German Illustrator’s residence: Germany Subjects: Biography, Cultural identity, Emigration and immigration, Family life, Farmers, German Americans, Immigrants, Nebraska, United States 1800s |
In The New World: A Family In Two Centuries
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