An American Apprenticeship: The Letters of Emil Frey 1860-1865

By: Emil Frey

Emil Frey's first stay in America, his apprenticeship , is vividly described in his letters which are spirited, opinionated, observant though prejudiced, and sometimes highly amusing. They are also serious and full of good intentions to make the best of often trying circumstances. Frey was a complex and contradictory man - refined yet brutal, admittedly antislavery yet contemptuous of blacks, a man of professed principles yet a pragmatist. He mastered the art of realistic adaptation to circumstances.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0820402966
• ISBN13: 9780820402963
• Release Date: January 1986
• Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.8" x 6.3"