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German Achievements in America
by Rudolf Cronau (1916)

NOTE:  Copyright on the original work has expired.

1. Introduction
2. Mediaeval Germany and the Causes of German Emigration
3. German Predecessors of the Puritans
4. Pastorius and the Settlers of Germantown
5. The Coming of the Palatines
6. The Life of the German Settlers in Colonial Times
7. Promoters of the Cause of Liberty
8. Heroes in the War of Independence
9. Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, the Organizer of the American Army
10. Pioneers of the Ohio Region
11. Pioneers of the Mississippi Valley and the Far West
12. The Men of 1848
13. Distinguished Germans in American Politics
14. The German Americans in the Wars of the 19th Century
15. Leaders in Agriculture, Industry and Commerce
16. The North American Turner Bund and its Influence on the Physical Development of the American Nation
17. The Influence of German Learning and Methods on Education in the US
18. Eminent Scientists
19. Great Engineers
20. Organizers of American traffic and Transportation
21. The German-American Press
22. Noteworthy Authors and Poets
23. German Music and Song in America
24. The German Drama and Opera in the US
25. Well-known Artists, Sculptors and Architects
26. German-American Women and their Works
27. Monuments of Philanthropy
28. The National German American Alliance and its Purposes
29. The Future Mission of the German Element in America

Dr. Don Heinrich Tolzmann:

"Rudolf Cronau provides a concise overview of German-American history to the time of the First World War.  Rudolf Cronau was not only an historian and freelance journalist for the German press, but also an artist who had studied at the art academy in Duesseldorf, his works usually contain numerous illustrations, and pay particular attention to German-American culture, especially literature, music, and the arts."

Don Heinrich Tolzmann
Curator of the German-Americana Collection
Director of the German-American Studies Program
University of Cincinnati