To the Latest Posterity: Pennsylvania-German Family Registers in the Fraktur Tradition

by Russell D. Earnest, Corinne P. Earnest, Russell Earnest

The family register holds a distinctive place in American visual culture. Used to record marriages and offspring within a family through several generations, the family register also incorporates hand-illuminated decorative art. To the Latest Posterity is the first major study to explore the colorful world of Pennsylvania German family registers and their place in American social, religious, and cultural traditions.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271023686
• ISBN13: 9780271023687
• Release Date: May 2004
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 153 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.1" x 10.3"