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Cincinnati Turner Societies: The Cradle of an American Movement

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Cincinnati Turner Societies:: The Cradle of an American Movement - Woellert, Dann
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Seeking asylum after the failed German Revolution of 1848, refugees flocked to Cincinnati's Over-the-Rhine Neighborhood. They brought their Germanic culture language, literature, music, art, dance, drink, celebration or gemutlichkeit" AND, their love for gymnastics. It was here in the small tavern, "Hecker Haus," that the American Turners were born, founded by a group of 14 German speaking immigrants. This movement rapidly spread, influencing a growing nation in education, progressive thought, politics, human rights, health ...

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Cincinnati Turner Societies:: The Cradle of an American Movement 2012, History Press, Charleston, SC

ISBN-13: 9781609493851

Trade paperback

Cincinnati Turner Societies: The Cradle of an American Movement 2012, History Press Library Editions

ISBN-13: 9781540230706

Hardcover