Radical Printer

David Osmond

£12.00 (including UK p+p)

Samuel Etheridge was many things: printer, writer, radical campaigner and Chartist were just some of them. He was a friend and mentor to John Frost, and he played a significant part in Newport life for more than forty years following his arrival in the town in 1810, tumultuous years which saw the tiny borough grow into a major seaport as a result of the booming iron and coal industries of the Monmouthshire valleys. This book tells the story of Etheridge’s life against the background of the rapid development of his adopted home.

David Osmond was born in Newport and educated at Newport High School. He obtained an MA in Local History at Cardiff University in 1994, and has had a long-term interest in the Chartist movement. His first book, The Chartist Rambler, was published by Six Points in 2021.

150 pages, 18 colour illustrations, 3 maps.