Editors Note: We're extending our contest deadline to give more people a chance to participate. Our new deadline is for October 31st. We hope you take advantage of the opportunity!!
Image Do you have an incident, anecdote, second-hand story of culture clashes, manners, decorum or protocol being flouted, misunderstood, enforced, turned on their head?
If you do have an interesting story that flirts with the above topics, tell us! If it's funny or profound enough, you might be eligible for a signed copy of Christian Lutz's Protokoll—his pictorial study of power and hierarchies in the diplomatic realm. Read our article about it here .
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10 Copies of the Helvetica Americana Map to Give Away
We're giving 10 copies of the 2nd edition of Erdmann Schmocker's Helvetica Americana Map to the 10 most engaging accounts of Swiss settlers in the U.S. The map (19 x 25, printed on cardboard stock and suitable for framing) is a byproduct of over thirty years of Mr. Schmocker's travels and research. It charts through its geography the immigration of over a quarter of a million Swiss to the United States. In the 19th century several predominantly Swiss settlements emerged such as Berne (Indiana), Highland (Illinois), New Glarus (Wisconsin), Gruetli (Tennessee) and Bernstadt (Kentucky). The Helvetica Americana map highlights such locations, as well as other that have no relation to Switzerland—except a passing resemblance to Lake Geneva (Indiana) or the Jura Mountains (Little Switzerland, North Carolina). Still, Schmocker argues, these faux nomenclatures still point out a degree of Swiss influence in the United States. This is a subject of debate.
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Editors Note: We're extending our contest deadline to give more people a chance to participate. Our new deadline is for October 31st. We hope you take advantage of the opportunity!!
If you're intrigued by our profile of TRUCE Magazine , here's a chance to win a vintage copy. We have one of each volume to give away. To win the one of your choice, you need to write a 500-750 word personal manifesto on a theme corresponding with the volume you are interested in.
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Editors Note: We're extending our contest deadline to give more people a chance to participate. Our new deadline is for October 31st. We hope you take advantage of the opportunity!!
We're giving 10 copies of the 2nd edition of Erdmann Schmocker's Helvetica Americana Map to the 10 most engaging accounts of Swiss settlers in the U.S. The map (19 x 25, printed on cardboard stock and suitable for framing) is a byproduct of over thirty years of Mr. Schmocker's travels and research. It charts through its geography the immigration of over a quarter of a million Swiss to the United States. In the 19th century several predominantly Swiss settlements emerged such as Berne (Indiana), Highland (Illinois), New Glarus (Wisconsin), Gruetli (Tennessee) and Bernstadt (Kentucky). The Helvetica Americana map highlights such locations, as well as other that have no relation to Switzerland—except a passing resemblance to Lake Geneva (Indiana) or the Jura Mountains (Little Switzerland, North Carolina). Still, Schmocker argues, these faux nomenclatures still point out a degree of Swiss influence in the United States. This is a subject of debate.
Editors Note: We're extending our contest deadline to give more people a chance to participate. Our new deadline is for October 31st. We hope you take advantage of the opportunity!!
