Author: Frederick II (King of Prussia)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Europe
Languages : en
Pages : 596
Book Description
The history of my own times
Author: Frederick II (King of Prussia)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Europe
Languages : en
Pages : 596
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Europe
Languages : en
Pages : 596
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History of My Own Times; or, the Life and Adventures of William Otter, Sen., Comprising a Series of Events, and Musical Incidents Altogether Original
Author: William Otter
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 1501732072
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 247
Book Description
Big Bill Otter was one member of the early American working class not preoccupied with republican principles or the heritage of the Revolution. Big Bill Otter—apprentice, journeyman, master plasterer—was a thug. Otter's autobiography, first published in 1835, provides a rare and fascinating counterpoint to romantic notions of virtuous, respectable craftsmen in the early republic. His Life and Adventures offer an inside account of the brawling racism common in the early nineteenth century and sharply detail the rowdy male subculture of the times. Born in England and conscripted into the British Navy during the Napoleonic wars, Otter jumped ship and came to New York City in 1801. He apprenticed as a plasterer and joined an urban gang; later he was a master plasterer, tavernkeeper, slavecatcher, "Jackson man," bigot, town bully, notorious practical joker, borderline psychopath, mayoral candidate, and all-round "jolly fellow." History of My Own Times is one of the few first-person accounts of a rural artisan in pre-genteel America. The book depicts the ambiguities of race relations in the early nineteenth century, sheds light on its definition of manhood, and conveys a sense of humor very different from today's. Richard B. Stott's introduction an,d commentary place Otter in the context of his times and explore the significance of his autobiography in understanding the social and cultural history of the early American republic.
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 1501732072
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 247
Book Description
Big Bill Otter was one member of the early American working class not preoccupied with republican principles or the heritage of the Revolution. Big Bill Otter—apprentice, journeyman, master plasterer—was a thug. Otter's autobiography, first published in 1835, provides a rare and fascinating counterpoint to romantic notions of virtuous, respectable craftsmen in the early republic. His Life and Adventures offer an inside account of the brawling racism common in the early nineteenth century and sharply detail the rowdy male subculture of the times. Born in England and conscripted into the British Navy during the Napoleonic wars, Otter jumped ship and came to New York City in 1801. He apprenticed as a plasterer and joined an urban gang; later he was a master plasterer, tavernkeeper, slavecatcher, "Jackson man," bigot, town bully, notorious practical joker, borderline psychopath, mayoral candidate, and all-round "jolly fellow." History of My Own Times is one of the few first-person accounts of a rural artisan in pre-genteel America. The book depicts the ambiguities of race relations in the early nineteenth century, sheds light on its definition of manhood, and conveys a sense of humor very different from today's. Richard B. Stott's introduction an,d commentary place Otter in the context of his times and explore the significance of his autobiography in understanding the social and cultural history of the early American republic.
The History of My Own Times. ... Translated from the French by Thomas Holcroft
Author: King of Prussia Frederick II
Publisher: Gale Ecco, Print Editions
ISBN: 9781379582663
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 616
Book Description
The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars. Western literary study flows out of eighteenth-century works by Alexander Pope, Daniel Defoe, Henry Fielding, Frances Burney, Denis Diderot, Johann Gottfried Herder, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, and others. Experience the birth of the modern novel, or compare the development of language using dictionaries and grammar discourses. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library T103844 In: 'Posthumous works of Frederic II', [London, 1789]. With a half-title. London: printed for G.G.J. and J. Robinson, 1789. viii, [5], xii-xxvii, [1], xxviii,241, [1];[6],301, [1]p., plate: port.; 8°
Publisher: Gale Ecco, Print Editions
ISBN: 9781379582663
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 616
Book Description
The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars. Western literary study flows out of eighteenth-century works by Alexander Pope, Daniel Defoe, Henry Fielding, Frances Burney, Denis Diderot, Johann Gottfried Herder, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, and others. Experience the birth of the modern novel, or compare the development of language using dictionaries and grammar discourses. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library T103844 In: 'Posthumous works of Frederic II', [London, 1789]. With a half-title. London: printed for G.G.J. and J. Robinson, 1789. viii, [5], xii-xxvii, [1], xxviii,241, [1];[6],301, [1]p., plate: port.; 8°
Burnet's History of My Own Time
Author: Gilbert Burnet
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 666
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 666
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Bishop Burnet's History of His Own Time
Author: Gilbert Burnet
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 670
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 670
Book Description
My Own Times
Author: John Reynolds
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 660
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 660
Book Description
Historical Memoirs of My Own Time
Author: Sir Nathaniel William Wraxall
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 502
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 502
Book Description
Historical Memoirs of My Own Time. Part the First, from 1772 to 1780. Part the Second, from 1781 to 1784
Author: Nathaniel William Wraxall
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 570
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 570
Book Description
Historical Memoirs of my own Time ... Second edition, etc
Author: Sir Nathaniel William WRAXALL
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 502
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 502
Book Description
Indian History of Our Own Times
Author: Satya Chandra Mukerji
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 444
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 444
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