Pictures from Amerika
September 10, 2009
A German named Arthur Holitscher wrote a travelogue of America and Canada in the early 20th century. The main reason people know about it is because Franz Kafka used it as a source for his first novel, but it's a neat book in its own right. You can find it on Google Books. The only problem for us is that there isn't any English translation of it out there that we can find, so the Editor decided (out of the good of his heart) to translate at least some of his favorite sections using his very limited knowledge of the German language. Below are some pictures, which give you an idea of what the book will be like. The Editor is currently working on the translations.
Page 47: Ten stories . . . fifty . . . a hundred!
Page 118: Uncle Sam taps the Canadian Maple.
Page 119: The bull is the US, Canada is the calf. An incendiary placard from the Conservatives.
Page 201: An authentic cowboy.
Page 211: The tepee and its inhabitants.
Page 312: A tramp on his way.
Page 326: Chicago: People live here!
Page 367: A pastoral scene from Oklahama [sic].
