Born and raised on the Elbe in Finkenwerder, the Kinau brothers Johann, Jakob, and Rudolf have written about their homeland in their stories, tales, and novels—sometimes in High German, sometimes in Low German. For this book, the children of Rudolf Kinau have compiled texts from their father and their two uncles. From Johann Kinau, who became famous under the pseudonym Gorch Fock with his novel "Seefahrt ist Not," three Low German stories are included in this book. Excerpts from Jakob Kinau's well-known and long out-of-print novel "Leegerwall" have been selected. Finally, this book contains excerpts from Rudolf Kinau's Low German book "Thees Bott" and his story "Scheeben Wind." Preceding the book is a biography written in 1927 by Heinrich Kinau, the father of the three brothers, which serves as a historical document about life between 1850 and the year it was written.