The Life Adventures And Unparalleled Sufferings Of Andrew Oehler Containing An Account Of His

by Andrew Oehler

$2,000 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books · No longer available

First edition

Late nineteenth century half morocco. Title page toned, Life in title overwritten in ink. First edition of this remarkable picaresque history, with many travels through the South between 1800 and 1808. Born in Germany in 1781, Oehler claimed he arrived in Baltimore in 1800 as a bound tailor; escaped to become a dancing master in Alexandria and then a fencing master in Port Tobacco, Maryland; then went to Santo Domingo, where he says he served with Toussaint; Egypt;

• Binding: Leather

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