author
Menco Stern
1855–1935
A teacher and author who brought German language and culture to American students, Menco Stern wrote lively readers filled with stories, history, geography, legends, and folklore. His books helped learners move beyond grammar and discover the people and places behind the language.
1 Audiobook
Studien und Plaudereien im Vaterland. Second Series
by Sigmon M. (Sigmon Martin) Stern, Menco Stern
About the author
Menco Stern (1855–1935) was a German-language teacher based in New York and Brooklyn. Contemporary directories identify him as a teacher, and archival records note that he taught at Stern’s School of Languages in New York City.
He wrote German-language teaching books including Geschichten vom Rhein, Geschichten von deutschen Städten, and Aus deutschen Dörfern. These readers used stories about German landscapes, cities, traditions, and folklore to support conversation, composition, and the study of German classics. Stern also collaborated with Sigmon M. Stern on Studien und Plaudereien im Vaterland and edited Schatzkästlein des Rheinischen Hausfreundes, a collection by Johann Peter Hebel.