Writings of Ernest Waldo Bechtel Vol. 4: Weekly Dialect Columns Part 2: 1974-1977 Traditional Craft Traces the European origins of

Traces the European origins of the immigrants as well as descendants of a large group of Berks countians arriving in Pennsylvania in the 1700s

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This book is ideal for all those with a passion for history or a curiosity about objects used in America in the mid-eighteenth and nineteenth centuries

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Writings of Ernest Waldo Bechtel Vol. 4: Weekly Dialect Columns Part 2: 1974-1977 Traditional Craft Traces the European origins ofCo editor: Jennifer L. Trout. Ernest Waldo Bechtel wrote a weekly Pennsylvania German dialect column from 1970 1988 in the "Ephrata Review" in Ephrata, Pa. In his columns, he writes about his barbering experiences and what he sees when he observes people. He also writes his columns about holidays, such as "Gedechtnisdaag" and "Grischtdaag." This volume presents the years 1974 1977 of Bechtel's "Dummheide" columns in the original Pennsylvania German