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Contents: 1. Introduction .................................................................................. 2 2. Childhood .................................................................................... 24 3. Youth: Bräker in love ................................................................... 43 4. The road to Lobositz, and home ................................................... 59 5. Marriage, famine and death ......................................................... 83 6. Student of the Enlightenment .................................................... 103 7. Gains and losses from learning .................................................. 117 8. Face to face with the great scholars ........................................... 138
9. The 10. Becoming a published author ................................................... 170 11. The importance of friendship .................................................... 189 12. Further journeys and conversations .......................................... 208 13. Revolution on the horizon ......................................................... 224 14. Last-ditch efforts and a delinquent daughter ............................ 251 15. Revolution in St. Gallen ............................................................. 269 16. Revolution in the Toggenburg and the approach of death ......... 285 17. Bräker's legacy .......................................................................... 308 18. Illustrations ................................................................................ 320 19. Weights, measures and coinage ................................................. 321 20. Bibliography ............................................................................... 322 |
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