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Balduin Möllhausen

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German traveler, writer and artist (1825–1905)

About Balduin Möllhausen

Heinrich Balduin Möllhausen (27 January 1825—28 May 1905) was a German writer, traveler and artist who visited the United States and participated in three separate expeditions exploring the American frontier. After his travel he became a popular and prolific author of adventure stories based on his experiences in America. It is estimated that he produced at least forty-five large works in 157 volumes (including almost forty novels) and eighty novelettes in twenty-one volumes. His popularity and subject matter earned him recognition as the German Fenimore Cooper.

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Known for
Wanderungen durch die prairien und wüsten des westlichen Nordamerika vom Mississippi nach den küsten der Südsee im gefolge der von der regierung der Vereinigten Staaten unter Lieutenant Whipple ausgesandten expedition, Sappho, oder, Die Lesbierinnen, Die Dreilinden-Lieder
Born
1825-01-27
Died
1905-05-28

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