Nach Amerika! (To America!) is a popular German novel by Friedrich Gerstäcker, one of the most widely read German adventure and emigration writers of the nineteenth century. Gerstäcker himself spent years in America and drew on direct experience to write fiction that informed and entertained the millions of Germans who were emigrating to the New World during the mid-nineteenth century.
This second volume continues the tale of German emigrants navigating the challenges and dangers of life in America. Written in German, the novel combines adventure, social realism, and practical guidance within an engaging popular narrative. Download this free public-domain EPUB to read one of German popular literature’s great chronicles of emigration.