| Cincinnati Turner Societies: The Cradle of an American Movement Contributor(s): Woellert, Dann (Author) |
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ISBN: 1540230708 ISBN-13: 9781540230706 Publisher: History Press Library Editions OUR PRICE: $28.79 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: February 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - Midwest(ia,il,in,ks,mi,mn,mo,nd,ne,oh,sd,wi - Sports & Recreation | Gymnastics - Sports & Recreation | History |
| Dewey: 796.409 |
| Physical Information: 0.44" H x 6" W x 9" (0.90 lbs) 178 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - German - Geographic Orientation - Kentucky - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. - Geographic Orientation - Ohio - Cultural Region - Midwest - Locality - Cincinnati, Ohio |
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| Publisher Description: 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." |