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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 (Documents in American Social History)
William Otter
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Description for History of My Own Times; or, the Life and Adventures of William Otter, Sen., Comprising a Series of Events, and Musical Incidents Altogether Original (Documents in American Social History)
Paperback. Editor(s): Stott, Richard B. Series: Documents in American Social History. Num Pages: 256 pages, 11. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 371.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Condition
New
Series
Documents in American Social History
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Ithaca, United States
ISBN
9780801499616
SKU
V9780801499616
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About William Otter
William Otter did plastering in New York City, Philadelphia, Hanover, Pennsylvania, and Emmitsburg, Maryland. He died in Baltimore in 1856. Richard B. Stott is Associate Professor of History at George Washington University and the author of Workers in the Metropolis: Class, Ethnicity, and Youth in Antebellum New York City, also from Cornell.
Reviews for History of My Own Times; or, the Life and Adventures of William Otter, Sen., Comprising a Series of Events, and Musical Incidents Altogether Original (Documents in American Social History)
William Otter's History of My Own Time is a riveting, disturbing window into the world of rural artisans in the early republic. Paul Stott's thorough, thoughtful, and sometimes brilliant editing and commentary greatly enhance the text. Local historians, students, and academics will love it and hate it all at once, while the old families of Frederick County will either cringe ... Read more