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he saw. On the way to San Antonio (pp. 146-147) he describes the
impressive desert landscape and muses on the difficult race problem as
he has seen it. San Antonio he sees only as a nascent metropolis and
fails to understand her history (pp. 148-151). He travels through
the countryside on a luxury train (p. 151-154) to El Paso, in which he
sees another city of the future but notes none of the color of the
border (pp. 154-156).
Wilda, Johannes. Amerika-Wanderungen eines Deutschen. 2: Auf
dem Kontinent der Mitte (zwischen Alaska und Peru). Berlin,
Allgemeiner Verlag fur deutsche Literatur, 1907. 339 PP.
Date of observation: Probably just before publication.
On pp. 71-78 there is a detailed factual account of El Paso from the
tourist's viewpoint.
Winkler, Ernst, and Popper, Ferdinanda. 2 x Amerika; zwei Au-
genzeugen berichten iiber U. S. A. Vienna, ISB, Verlag Neue
Welt, 1950. 94 PP.
Date of observation: Miss Popper was in the United States in the
winter and early spring of 1949. Winkler had lived in the United
States for many years.
On pp. 76-78 Miss Popper reports a visit to Dallas (" ... eine Stadt
wie jede andere in Amerika . .," a city like every other in America).
She saw little of the city, but she was entertained by some teen-age
Americans at a party with traditional Texan atmosphere.
Wir6n, Gbsta. Pa jakt efter jobb i U. S. A.; mina vagabondar i
Amerika. Stockholm, B. Wahlstr6ms Bokfirlag, 1933. 220 pp.
Date of observation: Shortly before publication.
After the luxury of Florida, where he held a good job, Wir6n be-
came unemployed during the Depression and made his way to Mexico.
En route he stopped at Houston and San Antonio, and he describes
these cities briefly.
Wollschlaeger, Alfred. Amerika: Untergang am Uberfluss. Von
A. E. Johann [pseud.]. Berlin, Im Verlag Ullstein, 1932.
256 pp.
Date of observation: Winter, 1931-1932.
This is a general economic survey of the United States, based in
part on personal observation, in part on a study of printed sources.
Pages 83-90 contain an account of the "oil war" in Texas and Okla-
homa caused by the collapse of petroleum prices.
Zimmermann, Karl. Onkel Sam: amerikanische Reise- und Kultur-
bilder. Stuttgart, Verlag von Strecker & Schrbder, 1904. 251 pp.220
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