Sub-titled: A British Government Redemptioner Project to Manufacture Naval Stores. By Walter Allen Knittle. Walter Knittle’s exploration of the 1709 immigration of Germans to England, and then the colonies, is proof that the subchapters of history are often more intriguing than the main events. History buffs will enjoy the wealth of detailed data that the author has amassed to explain the causes and nature of this mass exodus from the war ravaged Rhine Valley. For genealogists interested in families that did survive and settled primarily in New York, Pennsylvania and North Carolina there are lists with about 12,000 names of Palatines. 5.5x8.5, 320 pages., illus., maps, append., bibl., original full name + subject index, Paper,