The Germans (We Came to North America) [Paperback]

Greg Nickles (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 2001 | Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up | Series: We Came to North America

Religious conflicts brought the earliest German immigrants to North America. Eyewitness accounts tell the history of Germantown-North America's first German community, the Pennsylvania Dutch, fleeing Hitler's Germany, and bringing German traditions to North America.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Grade 3-5-Double-page spreads, lavishly illustrated with paintings, engravings, maps, and black-and-white and full-color period and contemporary photographs, describe the homelands, how and why the immigrants left, their reception and life in the United States and Canada, and their contributions to their new lands. Large boxes focus in on various topics, usually history but also culture and languages; full-page personal narratives are interspersed at appropriate points throughout. While these books are attractive and written for a younger audience than the "Immigrant Experience" series (Chelsea) and "Footsteps to America" series (Macmillan), they are seriously flawed by inattention to detail. The map of eastern North America in The Germans misplaces cities and even includes "Ohio" as a city. Irish lists John Barry's dates as 175-1803; the title of Mary McCarthy's book is incorrectly given as Memoirs (instead of Memories) of a Catholic Girlhood. Annie Moore is described as "the first of over a million Irish who arrived in New York during the famine." Is it the Great Famine (1845-1850) mentioned on the previous page? Annie Moore is actually commemorated in statue as the first person to pass through Ellis Island when it opened on Jan. 1, 1892. The Poles incorrectly spells the name of the city Bydgoszcz on its map; Polish settlers to Jamestown disembarked from just one ship, the Mary and Margaret, not Mary and Margaret. A strong editorial hand was lacking in these series titles.
Diane S. Marton, Arlington County Library, VA
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About the Author

Gregory Nickles is an oft-published author of non-fiction children's texts. His works include a variety of titles about animals, science, U.S. history, and countries of the world. A graduate of Fine Arts, his interests extend to creative works including theater and music.

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 8 and up
  
• Paperback: 32 pages
• Publisher: Crabtree Pub Co (April 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0778702057
• ISBN-13: 978-0778702054
• Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 8.3 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.9 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,142,600 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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