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100 1 _aBräker, Ulrich,
_d1735-1798
245 1 4 _aDas Leben und die Abentheuer des Armen Mannes im Tockenburg
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2025
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aWikipedia page about this book: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Der_arme_Mann_im_Tockenburg
500 _aRelease date is 2025-04-09
508 _aThe Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net
520 _a"Das Leben und die Abentheuer des Armen Mannes im Tockenburg: Von ihm selbst…" is an autobiographical account written in the late 18th century. The book recounts the life of Ulrich (Uli) Braeker, a poor Swiss man from the Toggenburg region, as told in his own words. Its likely focus is the detailed and heartfelt narration of his origins, hardships, family life, formative years, and perhaps his humble philosophical outlook, offering a rare first-person perspective from someone on the fringes of historical record and literature. The opening of the book begins with a reflective introduction that notes Braeker’s historical obscurity but lauds the sincerity, poetry, and unique literary quality of his self-told life story. The narrator then begins his recounting by emphasizing his impoverished family background, recalling childhood events with vivid detail—memories of his parents, rural upbringing, early brushes with danger, and responsibilities like herding goats. The narration richly describes both hardships and innocent joys, as well as the struggles of his large, indebted family. Uli’s early observations mix playful mischief, working life, religious instruction, and emotional vulnerability. By the end of the opening portion, the young narrator’s restless curiosity and moral anxiety are clear, as his family is forced to relocate due to poverty, marking the end of his childhood in the mountain wilds. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cBerlin: Meyer & Jessen, 1910
653 _aMilitary biography
653 _aBräker, Ulrich, 1735-1798
653 _aPrussia (Germany). Armee -- Biography
700 1 _aWilbrandt, Adolf,
_d1837-1911
700 1 _aBernhard, Lucian,
_d1883-1972
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/75825
999 _c116550
_d116550