Albertus C. Van Raalte
Dutch Leader and American Patriot
By Jeanne Jacobson, Elton J. Bruins and Larry J. Wagenaar
A fully illustrated biography of A.C. Van Raalte (1811鈥�1876), founder of a major settlement
of Dutch immigrants to America. It discusses the causes for emigration, the hardships
of travel to and arrival in a new land, and the tensions between Americanization and
maintenance of ethnic and religious heritage, as well as examining Van Raalte鈥檚 vision
for the future of the Holland, Michigan, colony and what it looked like 150 years
after its founding.
Albertus C. Van Raalte: Dutch leader and american patriot
1996
Hope College
ISBN: 978-0814329672
$9.95
workP. 616.395.7678
vanraalte@hope.edu