See also:

• FRIEDRICH, JOHANN (1836— )

FRIEDRICH See also:

• FRIEDRICH GERSTACKER (1816-1872)

GERSTACKER (1816-1872)  , See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German novelist and writer of travels, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• HAMBURG

Hamburg on the loth of May 1816, the son of See also:

• FRIEDRICH, JOHANN (1836— )

Friedrich See also:

• GERSTACKER, FRIEDRICH (1816-1872)

Gerstacker (1790-1825), a celebrated See also:

• OPERA (Italian for " work ")

opera See also:

• SINGER, SIMEON (1846-1906)

singer . After being apprenticed to a commercial See also:

• LOUSE (O. Eng. leis, cf. Du. luis, Ger. Laus, Dan. and Swed. lus)

louse he learnt farming in See also:

• SAXONY
• SAXONY (Ger. Provinz Sachsen)

Saxony . In 1837, however, having imbibed from See also:

• ROBINSON, EDWARD (1794–1863)
• ROBINSON, HENRY CRABB (1777–1867)
• ROBINSON, JOHN (1575–1625)
• ROBINSON, JOHN (1650-1723)
• ROBINSON, JOHN THOMAS ROMNEY (1792–1882)
• ROBINSON, MARY [" Perdita "] (1758–1800)
• ROBINSON, SIR JOHN BEVERLEY, BART
• ROBINSON, SIR JOSEPH BENJAMIN (1845– )
• ROBINSON, THEODORE (1852-1896)

Robinson Crusoe a See also:

• TASTE (from Lat. taxare, to touch sharply; tangere, to touch)

taste for See also:

• ADVENTURE (from Lat. res adventura, a thing about to happen)

adventure, he went to See also:

• AMERICA

America and wandered over a large See also:

• PART

part of the See also:

• UNITED

United States, supporting himself by whatever See also:

• WORK

work came to See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand . In 1843 he returned to See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany, to find himself, to his See also:

• GREAT

great surprise, famous as an author . His See also:

• MOTHER

mother had shown his See also:

• DIARY

diary, which he regularly sent See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home, and which contained descriptions of his adventures in the New See also:

• WORLD

World, to the editor of the Rosen, who published them in that periodical . These sketches having found favour with the public, Gerstacker issued them in 1844 under the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title Streif-und Jagdzilge durch See also:

• DIE
• DIE (Fr. de, from Lat. datum, given)

die Vereinigten Staaten Nordamerikas . In 1845 his first novel, Die Reguiatoren in See also:

• ARKANSAS

Arkansas, appeared, and hence-forth the stream of his productiveness flowed on uninterruptedly . From 1849 to 1852 Gerstacker travelled See also:

• ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round the world, visiting See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North and See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South America, See also:

• POLYNESIA, (Gr. iroXi,, many, and vnno-os, island)
• POLYNESIA, MELANESIA, MICRONESIA (q.v.)

Polynesia and See also:

• AUSTRALIA

Australia, and on his return settled in See also:

• LEIPZIG

Leipzig . In 186o he again went to South America, chiefly with a view to inspecting the German colonies there and See also:

• REPORTING

reporting on the possibility of diverting the stream of German See also:

• EMIGRATION (from Lat. emigrare; e, ex, out of, and migrare, to depart)

emigration in this direction . The result of his observations and experiences he recorded in Achtzehn Monate in Sudamerika (1862) . In 1862 he accompanied See also:

• DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

Duke Ernest of See also:

• SAXE, JOHN GODFREY (1816-1887)
• SAXE, MAURICE, COMTE DE (1696-1750)

Saxe-See also:

• COBURG

Coburg-See also:

• GOTHA

Gotha to See also:

• EGYPT

Egypt and See also:

• ABYSSINIA (officially ETHIOPIA)

Abyssinia, and on his return settled at Coburg, where he wrote a number of novels descriptive of the scenes he had visited . In 1867-1868 Gerstacker again undertook a See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long See also:

• JOURNEY (through O. Fr. jornee or journee, mod. Fr. journee, from med. Lat. diurnata, Lat. diurnus, of or belonging to dies, day)

journey, visiting North America, See also:

• VENEZUELA

Venezuela and the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

West Indies, and on his return lived first at See also:

• DRESDEN

Dresden and then at See also:

• BRUNSWICK
• BRUNSWICK (Ger. Braunschweig)
• BRUNSWICK, KARL WILHELM FERDINAND, DUKE OF (1735-18o6)

Brunswick, where he died on the 31st of May 1872 .

His genial and straightforward See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character made him personally beloved; and his See also:

• WORKS

works, dealing as they did with the great world hitherto hidden from the narrow " parochialism " of German See also:

• LIFE

life, obtained an immense popularity . This was not due to any See also:

• GRACES, THE, (Gr. X&panes, Lat. Gratiae)

graces of See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style, in which they are singularly lacking; but the unstudied freshness of the author's descriptions, and his sturdy See also:

• HUMOUR (Latin humor)

humour, appealed to the wholesome instincts of the public . Many of his books were translated into See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign See also:

• LANGUAGES

languages, notably into See also:

• ENGLISH

English, and became widely known on both sides of the See also:

• ATLANTIC

Atlantic . His best works, from a See also:

• LITERARY

literary point of view; are, besides the above-mentioned Regulatoren, his Flusspiraten See also:

• DES

des See also:

• MISSISSIPPI

Mississippi (1848); the novel See also:

• TAHITI

Tahiti (1854); his Australian See also:

• ROMANCE

romance Die beiden Straflinge (1857); Aus dem Matrosenleben (1857); and Blau Wasser (1858) . His Travels exist in an English See also:

• TRANSLATION

translation . Gerstacker's Gesammelte Schriften were published at See also:

• JENA

Jena in 44 vols . (1872—1879) ; a selection, edited by D . Theden in 24 vols . (1889—189o) . See A . Karl, Friedrich Gerstacker, der Weitgereiste . Ein Lebensbild (1873) .