Product details

Art.No:

101389

Author / Artist:

Frey, Emil

Title:

Subtitles / Reproduction:

Afterword by Hans Rudolf Guggisberg (

Keyword:

Helvetica - Allgemein

Binding / Picture Size:

Kart.

Publisher:

Peter Lang

Place of publishing:

New York

Year of publication:

1986

Book Details / Size:

Gr.8°, 227 S.

Condition:

Tadell.

Description:

Text engl. (= Swiss American Historical Society Publication, vol. 7)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 circumstance