Author: Langdon W. MoorePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 678
Book Description
Langdon W. Moore
Author: Langdon W. MoorePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 678
Book Description
Langdon W. Moore - His Own Story of His Eventful Life
Author: Langdon W. MooreLANGDON W. MOORE
Author: LANGDON W. MOOREPublisher:
ISBN: 9781033300466
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
LANGDON W MOORE
Author: Langdon W. MoorePublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781333505332
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 664
Book Description
Excerpt from Langdon W. Moore: His Own Story of His Eventful Life David Ash's home farm consisted of about three hundred acres, and cut one hundred tons of hay, wintered forty head of cattle and two hundred and fifty merino sheep. Here I learned never to say I can't until I had tried and failed. I also learned to eat what was set before me without finding fauAt the expiration of the year, when the butter and cheese were loaded on the wagon to start for Newburyport, I asked Mr. Ash to let me go with him to visit my parents; but with a little coaxing and a bright silver dollar, such as our fore fathers made, be persuaded me to stay at the farm another year. He andhis brother made the trip alone. When they returned three weeks later, I was given some nice little pres ents from my mother. Before the next fall came around, Mr. Ash bargained with me to hire out to him until I was twenty one years of 'age. Then he was to give me two hundred dollars in money, two suits of home-spun and home-made clothes, a pair of two-year-old steers, a three-year-old heifer, and a half-dozen sheep. These I could select myself. In addition to this, he was to give me three months' schooling each winter and board and clothe me. I was to be considered as one of his family, and to receive the same treatment as his own children, and to be allowed at his expense to make one brief visit home to my parents after I was fifteen years old. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Professional Criminals of America
Author: Thomas ByrnesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 590
Book Description
Contained in the item are "36 heliotype plates with photographs of mug shots of criminals (204), and two plates; one of Inspector Byrnes, and the second a tableau of a criminal being held for his picture."--Hanson Collection catalog, p. 85
Bandits & Bibles
Author: Larry E. SullivanPublisher: Akashic Books
ISBN: 9781888451375
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
Now a highly politicised medium, this book of prison literature collects a lively array of selections from the earliest recorded convict autobiographies, examining crimes, arrests and convictions, punishments inflicted, survival techniques and spiritual awakenings. Hard labour in coal mines, whippings, solitary confinement in bare unheated cells, water torture and iron maidens were just a few of the punishments meted out to these prisoners and vividly recounted in these selections.
Queen of the Burglars
Author: Shayne DavidsonPublisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476640548
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 227
Book Description
Born in the mid-nineteenth century, Sophie Lyons was a master thief, con artist, blackmailer and smuggler. Much of her success as a criminal was due to the fact that she was fearless, reckless, sharp and cunning--everything a woman of her time was not supposed to be. As a young child, Sophie's parents forced her to steal when she showed a talent for pickpocketing. Strong-willed and smart, she blossomed into a beautiful teenager who caught the eye of many men in the underworld of New York City. By the time Sophie reached her late teens she was married to her second husband--a notorious bank burglar named Ned Lyons--and was a professional criminal in her own right. Despite her prominent place in crime history, Sophie Lyons has never been the subject of a full-length biography. This book chronicles Sophie's fascinating and tragic life, from her beginnings as a criminal prodigy, through her ingenious escape from Sing Sing prison and her lifelong struggle with mental illness.
Report
Author: Massachusetts. Department of the State AuditorPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Finance, Public
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
Report of the Auditor of Accounts, of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, for the Year Ending ...
Author: Massachusetts. Department of the State AuditorPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Finance, Public
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
A Dictionary of the Underworld
Author: Eric PartridgePublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 131744552X
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 2680
Book Description
First published in 1949 (this edition in 1968), this book is a dictionary of the past, exploring the language of the criminal and near-criminal worlds. It includes entries from Australia, New Zealand, Canada and South Africa, as well as from Britain and America and offers a fascinating and unique study of language. The book provides an invaluable insight into social history, with the British vocabulary dating back to the 16th century and the American to the late 18th century. Each entry comes complete with the approximate date of origin, the etymology for each word, and a note of the milieu in which the expression arose.