Cincinnati Turner Societies: The Cradle of an American Movement (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781609493851)

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.

Author: Dann Woellert
ISBN-10: 1609493850
ISBN-13: 9781609493851
Publisher: History Press
Language: English
Published: 02/17/2012
Pages: 176
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.60d