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Gustav Dresel's Houston Journal

Adventures in North America and Texas, 1837-1841
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Language: English
Published/Copyright: 1954

About this book

This is the travel diary of a young German businessman who came to Texas and worked for several years in Houston and the surrounding areas. His diary, originally published in German as Texanisches Tagebuch, gives a fascinating view of life in the Texas republic.

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Born in Rheingau, Gustav Dresel (1818-1848) spent most of his adult life in Texas and the Gulf Coast states.

Max Freund (1879–1980) was a professor of German at the Rice Institute (now Rice University).

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The travel diary, published for the first time in English, of a young German businessman who spent a couple of years in and around Houston just after the establishment of the Texas Republic. His journal is so crowded with glimpses of camp meetings, street fights, drinking sprees, and wilderness jaunts that it seems unlikely that he did a lick of work. A valuable find.
— New Yorker

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    Frontmatter

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    Acknowledgments

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    Contents

    xi
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    Illustration

    xiii
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    Introduction

    xv
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    Voyage from Le Havre to New York, May 17-June 17, 1837

    3
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    Sojourn in New York, June 17-November 19, 1837

    4
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    Journey to Philadelphia and Washington on the Susquehanna, November, 1837-April, 1838

    6
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    Journey from Washington to Fort Madison, April-May, 1838

    12
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    Sojourn in Iowa Territory

    15
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    Voyage to New Orleans

    20
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    Voyage to Texas, July 12, 1838

    22
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    Voyage to Velasco, Galveston, and Houston, August, 1838

    27
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    SojouminHouston, August, 183B-January, 1839

    31
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    In New Orleans Again, January, 1839

    43
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    Trip to Natchez

    46
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    In Port Gibson

    47
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    Expedition from Mississippi through Louisiana, August, 1839

    50
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    In Texas Again

    60
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    Progress to Alabama Village and Visit with the Indian

    62
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    Sojourn in Montgomery County

    67
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    A Short Stay in Houston

    77
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    Renewed Sojourn in Montgomery County

    79
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    Wagon Train to Houston, November, 1839

    83
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    A Yuletide Excursion

    90
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    Life and Activities in Houston

    96
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    Falling Sick

    104
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    Back to New Orleans, November, 1840

    111
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    Voyage from New Orleans to Hamburg, June 21- August 12, 1841

    118
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    Postscript, January, 1847

    121
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    Appendix: The Dresel Family at the Time of Gustav Dresel's Death

    125
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    Notes

    127
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    Index

    153
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