Religious conflicts in Germany brought the earliest groups of German immigrants to North America in the late 1700s. The Germans explores the journey of the German farmers, craftsmen, and even the scholars and students of 1848. This captivating account of how Germans first came to North America includes full-color artwork and eyewitness accounts. Topics include: - German kings and the Forty-Eighters - Germantown - North America's first German community - the Pennsylvania Dutch - the search for religious freedom - fleeing Hitler's Germany - bringing German traditions to North America - notable North Americans of German ancestry
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