Excerpt from Joern Uhl Gustav frenssen, the author of jam Ukl, was born in the remote village of Barlt, in Holstein, North Germany, on October 19, 1863. His father is a carpenter ih this village, and, according to the church register, the Frenssen family has lived there as long as ever such records have been kept in the parish. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.