Between Two Worlds, Conrad Weiser - 1696-1760

The story of a man forgotten in Germany — but not in America.In the summer of 1709, a woman in a Württemberg village died during her fifteenth pregnancy. Her eldest son was thirteen years old. Three years later, he was living among the Mohawk.In America, Conrad Weiser is a historical figure — schools, forests, and entire regions in Pennsylvania bear his name. In Germany, he is almost unknown. Yet he was one of the key architects of colonial North America: an interpreter, a diplomat — a man who, for more than thirty years, stood between the Iroquois Confederacy and the British colonial government.Thirty years after his death, George Washington stood at his grave and said:"e;This departed man rendered many services to his country in a difficult time. Posterity will not forget him."e;WHAT TO EXPECTThe flight from Württemberg in 1709 — Atlantic crossing, shipwreck, quarantineEight months in a Mohawk village: how a thirteen-year-old boy learns a language no European speaksThirty years of diplomacy: Lancaster (1744), Easton (1758), the French and Indian WarThe failure of the Walking Purchase — and why Conrad translated what he knew to be unjustThe invisible Germans: seven million immigrants who helped build America — and were forgottenWHO IS THIS Audio-Book FOR?For readers who want to experience history — not just look it up.For those who want to understand what really happened between the Palatines of 1709 and the American Revolution — and why a man from Großaspach played a crucial role.