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Covington's German Heritage

Covington's German Heritage

Don Heinrich Tolzmann

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Editorial:
Heritage Books Inc.
Año de edición:
2009
Materia
Historia de América
ISBN:
9780788410598
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Covington, Kentucky, is one of the three major centers in German-American heritage and is located directly across the Ohio River from Cincinnati. This book provides a survey history of the area's German heritage. Chapter topics include: the German Pioneer

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