This book is at the Charleston County Library, although
Non-Circulating/Non-Request:

See:   http://www.ccpl.org/

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Kolnitz, Alfred H. Von.
     Cryin' in de wilderness / by A.H. von Kolnitz.
     Charleston, S.C. : Walker, Evans & Cogswell Co., [1936?]

     Holdings:
          MAIN SCR
               CALL NUMBER: [SCR] 811 V -- SCR Book --
     Non-Circulating/Non-Reque 
          MAINSTOR
               CALL NUMBER: [SCR] 811 V -- SCR Book --
     Non-Circulating/Non-Reque 

     Kolnitz, Alfred H. Von
     A panorama of three centuries of history viewed from Charleston's
     famous battery : with a description of the guns and monuments /
     prepared by Major Alfred H. von Kolnitz.
     Charleston : The Historical Commission of the City of Charleston,
     S. C., c1937.

          MAIN SCR
               CALL NUMBER: [SCR] 975.7915 Kolnitz -- SCR Book -- 
               Non-Circulating/Non-Reque 
               CALL NUMBER: [SCR] 975.7915 Kolnitz -- SCR Book -- 
               Non-Circulating/Non-Reque 

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Bob P.

Douglas/Ungaro wrote:
> 
> I got this email from a college prof. and thought SC lists might have some
> answers. - Marian
> 
> "I was given a book called 'Cryin' In De Wilderness' by A.H. von Kolnitz.
> This is
> a book of  the "Sermons and Adventures of Reb're Nichodemus Ezra Malachi
> LEE, of MAXFIELD-ON-SANTEE."  The author claims he is writing in Gullah.  He
> also claims, "The Gullah is a pleasing, quite soft but somewhat gutteral
> dialect which represents  the Low Country negro's attempts to speak our
> language, but which lapses in its most primitive stages into an actual
> admixture of native African roots and phrases."
> 
> The book has no copyright date.
> The publisher is Walker, Evans, & Cogwell, Co., Charleston, SC.
> The only date on the book is a handwritten signature of Alfred H. M. KOBRUTZ
> [I think], Charleston, SC., Dec., 1936.
> 
> Has anyone ever heard of this book?  Do you know of any source I might try
> to find information about this book?
> 
> Thanks,
> Yvonne Atkinson
> [email protected]

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