Friedrich Gerstäcker was born on May 10, 1816 in Hamburg [now Germany]. He was a writer, known for A vadorzó (1918), Die Goldsucher von Arkansas (1964) and Die Flußpiraten vom Mississippi (1963). He was married to Marie Louise Visscher van Gaasbeek and Anna Sauer. He died on May 31, 1872 in Brunswick [now Lower Saxony], Germany.
