Emil Frey - An American Apprenticeship
- Author: Hedwig Rappolt
- SKU: 1600
- ISBN: 0820402966
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(SWITZERLAND). An American Apprenticeship: The Letters of Emil Frey 1860-1865. Edited and translated by Hedwig Rappolt. Swiss American Historical Society Pub No. 7. 228 pp. Hard cover. 1986. Peter Lang Publishing.
Students of Switzerland, of America's Civil War, and of emigrant letters home, will find this a fascinating book. Emil Frey, a member of a prominent family in Canton Basel-Land, upon his return to Switzerland entered politics. In a varied and unusual life he later became President of the Nationalrat, the Swiss House of Representatives and subsequently Swiss Ambassador to America. He was a complex and difficult man whose career is worth studying.
