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German Cincinnati explores the German American experience in the Greater Cincinnati area. German immigrants first came to the region in the late 18th century and then arrived in great waves beginning in the early 19th century. These German American immigrants and their descendants have greatly influenced the social, political, cultural, religious, and economic growth and development of the area, earning Cincinnati a reputation for its German heritage. It is known as one of the corners in the famed "German Triangle," along with St. Louis and Milwaukee. German Cincinnatians survived the hard times of the world wars of the last century, even experiencing an ethnic heritage revival that has reaffirmed the area's reputation as one of the major centers of German heritage in the United States today.
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Ryan Brewer
reviewed German Cincinnati, Ohio (Images of America Series) on November 08, 2012
German Cincinnati, Ohio (Images of America Series)
I was hoping to read more about Cahokia itself as it was, but it felt like more than half of the book was actually dedicated to the story of the archaeologists who uncovered various parts of it. It's nice to know about, I guess, but as a non-archaeologist I had a hard time visualizing the descriptions of the digs.
The remainder, the interesting tidbits, were (fittingly, I guess) buried between long stretches of the archaeologist narrative. The reader can catch glimpses of Cahokian ritual, myth, and city/rural life, but the whole is not synthesized into an impressive story.
Ultimately, after reading the book I know more about Cahokia than I did before (which was basically nothing), but I can't help feeling that there is a really *exciting* story to be told here. Forget story, even - there are some really interesting facts to be presented in an interesting way. Despite the intriguing or tongue-and-cheek chapter titles ("Wrestling with the Gods", "High Plains Drifting"), this book didn't deliver in that area.
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