The entwined lives of Miss Gabrielle Austin : daughter of the late Rev. Ellis C. Austin : and of Redmond, the outlaw, leader of the North Carolina "Moonshiners" / written by Bishop Crittenden, of North Carolina.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Crittenden, Edward B., author.

Contributor:

Smith, Harmon H., engraver.

Barclay & Co., publisher.

Series:

Crime, Punishment, and Popular Culture, 1790-1920.

Crime, Punishment, and Popular Culture, 1790-1920

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Austin, Gabrielle--Fiction.

Austin, Gabrielle.

Redmond, Lewis Richard, 1854-1906--Fiction.

Redmond, Lewis Richard.

Redmond, Lewis Richard, 1854-1906.

Outlaws--North Carolina--Fiction.

Outlaws.

North Carolina.

Genre:

Fiction.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (pages 19-80) : illustrations, facsimiles.

Other Title:

Cruel tortures and startling adventures of Miss Gabrielle Austin, of North Carolina.

Redmond's story of his life.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Barclay and Company, [1881]

System Details:

text file

Notes:

At head of title: All rights reserved.

Caption title: The cruel tortures and startling adventures of Miss Gabrielle Austin, of North Carolina.

Cover title: Entwined lives Miss Gabrielle Austin and Redmond the North Carolina outlaw.

Originally issued with copyright date of 1879 in an English language edition published at Philadelphia (Wright, L.H. Amer. fiction, 1876-1900, numbers 1303), and a German language edition published at Cincinnati. For a discussion of E.E. Barclay's (later Barclay and Company's) sensational stories see McDade, Thomas M. "Lurid literature of the last century: the publications of E.E. Barclay" in The Pennsylvania magazine of history and biography, 1956, volume 80, pages 452-464.

"Redmond's story of his life" -- pages 65-80.

"Fac-simile of a letter from Bishop Crittenden, (of North Carolina,) to the publishers. Charlotte Mch 3, 1879. ... Gentlemen, I emphatically endorse this narrative as true in every particular. ..." -- page [64].

"Agents wanted! at all times! and everywhere! to sell Barclay's cheap publications! ... Address Barclay & Co., 21 North (W.) Seventh St., Philadelphia, Pa" -- page 80.

"The Bishop writes us:--"I emphatically endorse this narrative as true in every particular. Miss Austin I have known since she was an infant. Her very interesting story reads like a novel, thrills like a romance! yet bears the honest stamp of truth in every line." -- Edw. B. Crittenden. -- N.B.--The dramatic effects, striking situations, and all the ideas in this book contained, have been copyrighted and worked into a drama, and it will be performed throughout the country" -- cover.

Reproduction of the original from the American Antiquarian Society.

Local Notes:

Library copy lacks pages 39-42, with some torn pages.

OCLC:

937017730

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.