German Influences in Louisville - Paperback

by C. Robert Ullrich (Editor), Victoria A. Ullrich (Editor)

The first German immigrants in Louisville were shoemakers, bakers, butchers, blacksmiths and brewers--literally everything from basket makers to carriage manufacturers. Later, these industrious immigrants became captains of industry and influence in the c

Author Biography

C. Robert Ullrich, PhD, is Professor Emeritus of civil and environmental engineering at the University of Louisville. He was an editor of Germans in Louisville: A History (2015) and author of the "Germans" entry in The Encyclopedia of Louisville (2001). Victoria A. Ullrich is past president of the Germanic Heritage Auxiliary of the German-American Club Gesangverein and an editor of Germans in Louisville: A History (2015).