The story of a man forgotten in Germany ? but not in America.

In the summer of 1709, a woman in a Württemberg village died during her fifteenth pregnancy. Her eldest son was thirteen years old. Three years later, he was living among the Mohawk.

In America, Conrad Weiser is a historical figure ? schools, forests, and entire regions in Pennsylvania bear his name. In Germany, he is almost unknown. Yet he was one of the key architects of colonial North America: an interpreter, a diplomat ? a man who, for more than thirty years, stood between the Iroquois Confederacy and the British colonial government.

Thirty years after his death, George Washington stood at his grave and said:
"This departed man rendered many services to his country in a difficult time. Posterity will not forget him."

WHAT TO EXPECT

• The flight from Württemberg in 1709 ? Atlantic crossing, shipwreck, quarantine
• Eight months in a Mohawk village: how a thirteen-year-old boy learns a language no European speaks
• Thirty years of diplomacy: Lancaster (1744), Easton (1758), the French and Indian War
• The failure of the Walking Purchase ? and why Conrad translated what he knew to be unjust
• The invisible Germans: seven million immigrants who helped build America ? and were forgotten

WHO IS THIS Audio-Book FOR?

For readers who want to experience history ? not just look it up.
For those who want to understand what really happened between the Palatines of 1709 and the American Revolution ? and why a man from Großaspach played a crucial role.