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Article: "This terrible Karl May" in the Wild West, Kanada im Faltboot.(Carl Schwerla)
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- Alberta History
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- January 1, 2008
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Carl Schwerla (1) was a German journalist who visited Canada in 1929 where his goals were to travel through parts of the West, reporting on his experiences, and at the same time investigating the state of German emigrants. This would enable him to collect material for future publications. (2) One result was the book Kanada im Faltboot (Canada in a Collapsible Boat) published the year after his return.
Schwerla arrived in Canada on May 27, 1929, on the North German Lloyd ship, the Koln, and remained for several months. With him on the ship were three hundred European emigrants, many heading west. They wanted a piece of land to call ...
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