Louis August Wollenweber
German-AmericanHistoryTravel WritingBiographyb. 1807 — d. 1888
Louis (Ludwig) August Wollenweber (5 December 1807 – 25 July 1888) was a German-born printer, journalist and author who emigrated to the United States after involvement in the Hambach revolutionary movement. He worked on and founded several German-language newspapers in Philadelphia (including Der Freimuethige and the Demokrat), wrote prose, poetry and plays—often in Hochdeutsch and Pennsylvania German—and produced sketches and cultural histories of Pennsylvania German life.
Notable Works
['Gemälde aus dem pennsylvanischen Volksleben (Sketches of Domestic Life in Pennsylvania)', 'Treu bis in den Tod', 'Zwei treue Kameraden', 'Sprache, Sitten und Gebräuche der Deutsch-Pennsylvanier', 'Gila, das Indianermädchen']
