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- Journey_to_New_Switzerland abstract "Journey to New Switzerland (original German title: Reisebericht der Familie Köpfli & Suppiger nach St. Louis am Mississippi und Gründung von New Switzerland im Staate Illinois [Sursee, 1833]) by Joseph Suppiger, Salomon Koepfli, and Kaspar Koepfli is the travel account of member of the two German Swiss families to St. Louis and the subsequent founding of new Switzerland, a locality surrounding and including Highland, Illinois during 1831-1833.The book covers the families' journey from Sursee to Havre, thence by sea to New York, and on by river to St. Louis in the form of a diary kept by Joseph Suppiger, Jr. Letters from New Switzerland to relatives in Switzerland tell about the land and culture encountered as well as the particular area settled: "But you still do not know what a heavenly area we have found in which to settle. ...[It is a] 450-acre (1.8 km2) farm twenty-seven miles east of St. Louis, consisting mostly of woods," purchased for "the exceedingly low price of nineteen hundred dollars cash" (p. 135). The original work concludes with a chapter primarily on the advantages and disadvantages of the area chosen, but also including advice for emigrants and comments on American culture, e.g., Americans, if one can generalize, "are liberal and on the whole possess a good deal of common sense and sagacity as well as a very practical nature acquired in adapting to conditions here" and "Americans customarily greet one another politely, but are not particularly inclined to tip their hats. The males are especially deferential to women. Fathers expend more care on the training of their daughters than on their sons" (p. 196) and negative comments on slavery.The English translation includes additional, explanatory material.".
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- Journey_to_New_Switzerland comment "Journey to New Switzerland (original German title: Reisebericht der Familie Köpfli & Suppiger nach St. Louis am Mississippi und Gründung von New Switzerland im Staate Illinois [Sursee, 1833]) by Joseph Suppiger, Salomon Koepfli, and Kaspar Koepfli is the travel account of member of the two German Swiss families to St.".
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