Paradise on the Steppe: A Cultural History of the Kutschurgan, Beresan, and Liebental Colonists, 1804-1972

Selected Bibliography; Glossary of Family Names; Glossary of common Russian terms; copious footnotes. Numerous black and white illustrations: reproductions of historic photographs; drawings; town plans; lists of families; maps, itineraries; statistical surveys. Laid in: newspaper cutting; hand-drawn map of migration routes; large printed folded map - Karte der deutschen Siedlungen im Gebiet Odessa. "The purpose of this work is to provide the general reader and particularly the interested descendants of the German colonists in South Russia with a cultural history of three major enclaves in the Odessa area [Liebental, Kutschurgan and Beresan districts] . . . Apart from the chronological narrative of historical events, the work also intends to describe the distinctive accomplishments, beliefs and traditions of the colonists . . . a 'soul-portrait' of the colonist character and way of life."