About Herman Ganzevoort Herman Ganzevoort (1942-2014) was a professor emeritus of history at the University of Calgary. Books by Herman Ganzevoort The Last Illusion Letters from Dutch Immigrants in the "Land of Opportunity" 1924-1930 edited and translated by Herman Ganzevoort A Dutch Homesteader On The Prairies The Letters of Wilhelm de Gelder 1910-13 by (author) Willem de Gelder translated by Herman Ganzevoort