A Generous and Merciful Enemy: Life for German Prisoners of War During the American Revolution (Campaigns and Commanders Series) - Hardcover

Krebs, Daniel

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0806143568 ISBN 13: 9780806143569

Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press, 2013

Synopsis

Lavishly illustrated, Generations celebrates the nearly 800 works of Native American art in The Helen Cox Kersting Collection, including pottery, jewelry, baskets, weavings, katsinas, and paintings. Representing the work of Native artists from the late 1800s to the present, the collection demonstrates the survival and flowering of work by Navajo, Pueblo, and other American Indian artists across the generations.Helen Cox Kersting grew up in Illinois, but gained fame as an opera star in Europe. Kersting became a sophisticated collector of exceptional work by famed jewelers, such as Leo Poblano, John Gordon Leak, Charles Loloma, and Frank Dishta, and she was fascinated by the pottery of masters such as Maria Martinez, Lucy Lewis, Margaret Tafoya, and Nampeyo. Creations by leading Native artists today, including brilliant works by Veronica Poblano, Tammy Garcia, Grace Medicine Flower, Jacob Koopee, and Les Namingha, were added to the collection.Generations presents a visual feast of Native arts of the American Southwest, with approximately 550 color plates. Essays by James H. Nottage, Diana F. Pardue (Heard Museum), and Bruce Bernstein (Santa Fe Indian Market) provide insights into the history of the collection.

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"Daniel Krebs offers a wealth of new material and interpretation in this study of the experiences of lower-ranking German officers and enlisted men captured and made POWs by the Americans during the Revolutionary War. This is an important contribution to Revolutionary War, military history, and prisoner-of-war studies." --Lawrence E. Babits, author of "A Devil of a Whipping: The Battle of Cowpens"

"Krebs's scholarship is thorough and admirable. His research--conducted among German sources often difficult to access--and conclusions not only illuminate his immediate subject but are significant for our understanding of the broader German role in the War for Independence." --J. A. Houlding, author of "Fit for Service: The Training of the British Army, 1715-1795"

"This engaging, richly detailed study is a significant contribution. Avoiding commonplace views, Krebs examines anew the social background of German recruits, their motivations, and recruiting practices, as well as surrender rituals and the policies and practices affecting prisoners of war." --John Resch, author of "Suffering Soldiers: Revolutionary War Veterans, Moral Sentiment, and Political Culture in the Early Republic"

Daniel Krebs offers a wealth of new material and interpretation in this study of the experiences of lower-ranking German officers and enlisted men captured and made POWs by the Americans during the Revolutionary War. This is an important contribution to Revolutionary War, military history, and prisoner-of-war studies. Lawrence E. Babits, author of "A Devil of a Whipping: The Battle of Cowpens""

Krebs s scholarship is thorough and admirable. His research conducted among German sources often difficult to access and conclusions not only illuminate his immediate subject but are significant for our understanding of the broader German role in the War for Independence. J. A. Houlding, author of "Fit for Service: The Training of the British Army, 1715 1795""

This engaging, richly detailed study is a significant contribution. Avoiding commonplace views, Krebs examines anew the social background of German recruits, their motivations, and recruiting practices, as well as surrender rituals and the policies and practices affecting prisoners of war. John Resch, author of "Suffering Soldiers: Revolutionary War Veterans, Moral Sentiment, and Political Culture in the Early Republic""

-Daniel Krebs offers a wealth of new material and interpretation in this study of the experiences of lower-ranking German officers and enlisted men captured and made POWs by the Americans during the Revolutionary War. This is an important contribution to Revolutionary War, military history, and prisoner-of-war studies.- --Lawrence E. Babits, author of A Devil of a Whipping: The Battle of Cowpens

-Krebs's scholarship is thorough and admirable. His research--conducted among German sources often difficult to access--and conclusions not only illuminate his immediate subject but are significant for our understanding of the broader German role in the War for Independence.- --J. A. Houlding, author of Fit for Service: The Training of the British Army, 1715-1795

-This engaging, richly detailed study is a significant contribution. Avoiding commonplace views, Krebs examines anew the social background of German recruits, their motivations, and recruiting practices, as well as surrender rituals and the policies and practices affecting prisoners of war.- --John Resch, author of Suffering Soldiers: Revolutionary War Veterans, Moral Sentiment, and Political Culture in the Early Republic

About the Author

Daniel Krebs is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Louisville, Kentucky.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0806143568
• ISBN 13: 9780806143569
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 392