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A history of the lives and exploits of the most remarkable pirates, highwaymen, murderers, street-robbers, &c. Interspersed with several tales, and plesasant songs. Adorned with the essigies of the most notorious offenders, curiously engraven on copper. Published with the leave of the proprietor
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General history of the robberies and murders of the most notorious pyrates. Selections
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A history of the lives and exploits of the most remarkable pirates, highwaymen, murderers, street-robbers, &c. [electronic resource] : Interspersed with several tales, and plesasant songs. Adorned with the essigies of the most notorious offenders, curiously engraven on copper. Published with the leave of the proprietor.
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Birmingham : Printed and sold by T. Aris, near the Swan, in the High-Street, M.DCC.XLII. [1742]
Physical Description
[2],373,[3]p.,plates ; 2⁰.
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Capt. Charles Johnson = Daniel Defoe.
Consists of the lives of the pirates selected from the first volume of Defoe's 'A general history of the robberies and murders of the most notorious pyrates .. by Captain Charles Johnson', interspersed with selections from the lives of highwaymen and others from Capt. Alexander Smith's 'The history of the lives of the most noted highway-men'.
Reproduction of original from National Library of Scotland.
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
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History of the lives of the most noted highway-men. Selections.
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Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
September 24, 2010
References
English short title catalogue, T190100.
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