MEMORIES OF THE BLACK SEA GERMANS Highlights of Their History and Heritage by Height, Joseph S - 1979

Associated German-Russian Sponsors, 1979. Hardcover. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 25 x 17.5 cm. 372 pages. Red/brown cloth in dust jacket. Some shelf wear to the dust jacket including two small closed tears. "This new book contains a rich variety of topics comprising documentaries and diaries, reports and reminiscences, historical and cultural essays, stories in dialect, poems in both German and English, and a comprehensive history of a large German-Russian settlement in Western Canada. Among the important historical documents included in this book are the complete texts, in English translations, of Catherine's famous manifesto and the rescripts of Czar Alexander I." - goodreads.

USA: Associated German-Russian (GR) Sponsors, 1990. Book. Very Good. Paperback. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 372 pages. Black and white maps and reproductions of photos. Third volume in the author's "trilogy on the history and culture of the 17 Catholic and 14 Lutheran mother colonies in the area of Odessa. The most comprehensive work ever written about this ethnic group. Represents a worthy historical memorial to our pioneering forefathers, and deserves to be preserved as a proud family heirloom from generation to generation." - page 372. This volume is a supplement to the two prior volumes, Paradise on the Steppe and Homesteaders on the Steppe. This copy is a paperback reprint of the 1979 first edition and appears to have been printed circa 1990. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Binding tight. A quality copy of this invaluable genealogical reference..