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Pillars of salt : an anthology of early American criminal narratives Daniel E. Williams [compiler]
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks PS 648 .C7 P54 1993
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- American prose literature--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
- American prose literature.
- Crime--United States--History--18th century--Sources.
- Crime.
- American prose literature--1783-1850.
- Criminals--United States--Biography.
- Criminals.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 368 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Madison, Wis. : Madison House, 1993.
- Contents:
- Pillars of salt / Cotton Mather
- The declaration & confession of Esther Rodgers
- The vial poured out upon the sea / William Fly
- The faithful narrative of the wicked life and remarkable conversion of Patience Boston
- A short acount of the life of John *** alias Owen Syllavan
- A brief account of the life and abominable thefts of the notorious Isaac Frasier
- The confession and dying words of John Jubeart
- The life and confession of Herman Rosencrantz
- The life, last words, and dying speech of Levi Ames
- An authentic and particular account of the life of Francis Burdett Personel
- A journal of the life and travels of Joseph-Bill Packer
- The dying declarations of James Buchanan, Ezra Ross, and William Brooks
- The American bloody register / Richard Barrick, John Sullivan & Alexander White
- The life and confession of Johnson Green
- A faithful narrative of Elizabeth Wilson
- Life, last words, and dying confession of Rachel Wall
- Sketches of the life of Joseph Mountain, a Negro
- The confession, &c. of Thomas Mount
- The confession and dying words of Samuel Frost
- The narrative and confession of Thomas Powers, a Negro.
- Notes:
- Contains articles previously published between 1699 and 1796.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 353-361) and index.
- Local Notes:
- The James Buchanan Presidential Library.
- ISBN:
- 0945612311 (alk. paper)
- OCLC:
- 26261487
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