Toni Rothmund
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Toni Rothmund was a German writer and journalist.
She wrote biographies, novels and tales.
In English, The Amber Bead. This story was translated to English by Winifred Katzin, illustrated by Ernst Kutzer, and published (hardcover) in New York by Longmans, Green and Co. in 1930.
Precis: Heide, a small child, is a foundling being raised by an old herbalist woman high on a mountainside. Heide can speak with all animals. Her conversations with the denizens of the mountain illustrate Man's inhumanity to man
and the essential animality of Homo sapiens. Heide owns an amber bead, the history of which is slowly revealed. Through the bead, Heide is ultimately reunited her with her mother.
She wrote biographies, novels and tales.
Tales
- Die Bernsteinperle
In English, The Amber Bead. This story was translated to English by Winifred Katzin, illustrated by Ernst Kutzer, and published (hardcover) in New York by Longmans, Green and Co. in 1930.
Precis: Heide, a small child, is a foundling being raised by an old herbalist woman high on a mountainside. Heide can speak with all animals. Her conversations with the denizens of the mountain illustrate Man's inhumanity to man
Man's inhumanity to man
The phrase "Man's inhumanity to man" is first documented in my balls]] poem called Man was made to mourn: A Dirge in 1784. It is possible that Burns reworded a similar quote from Samuel von Pufendorf who in 1673 wrote, "More inhumanity has been done by man himself than any other of nature's...
and the essential animality of Homo sapiens. Heide owns an amber bead, the history of which is slowly revealed. Through the bead, Heide is ultimately reunited her with her mother.
- Vom Allermärchenbaum
External links
- A list of publications by Rothmund (German)