INVITATION

The Austro-American Society

takes pleasure in inviting you to a lecture by

ao. Univ.-Prof. DR. KURT A. MAYER

on the subject of

"THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY:

AMERICA'S FORGOTTEN HEARTLAND"

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Wednesday, February 27th
at Spitz Hotel, Fiedlerstraße 6, 4041 Linz.

Time: 6.30 p.m.

Dr. Kurt Mayer is Professor at the "Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik" in Vienna and has been to the States many times mostly doing research work. He will take you on a journey from Chicago down to New Orleans on the world's third largest river THE MIGHTY MISSISSIPPI. The Mississippi is a symbol of America's colorful past and spirit of adventure. The mighty river also means progress and prosperity and there has been a tremendous development in industry and high technology in recent decades.