Gilbert John Jordan
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The simplicity of rural life appears in vivid detail in this account of German Texas heritage as it was lived in the early 1900s. Gilbert Jordan describes a way of life familiar to much of rural Texas at that time, but he also gives a heartwarming and fascinating look at the special ways and separate culture of Mason County's German Methodists.
6) Wilhelm Tell
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Wilhelm Tell is a play written by German writer Friedrich Schiller in 1804 about the legendary Swiss marksman and the Swiss struggle for independence from the Habsburg Empire in the early 14th century.
Wilhelm Tell was written in 1805. This tragic/comedy caused a stir when it was first produced and has remained very popular. The play is based on a 14th century Swiss liberation movement event. Wilhelm Tell is an historical figure whose existence has...