A Brief historical account of the lives of the six notorious street-robbers, executed at Kingston, Viz. [electronic resource] : William Blewet, Edward Bunworth, Emanuel Dickenson, Thomas Berry, John Higges, and John Legee. With a particular relation of their early introduction into the desperate trade of street-robbing, and especially of murther, and of several robberies which they, and others of their gang, have been concern'd in.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731, attributed name.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Brigands and robbers--Great Britain--Early works to 1800.

Brigands and robbers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (40p. )

Other Title:

Brief historical account of the lives of the six notorious street-robbers, executed at Kingston, Viz

Place of Publication:

London : Printed for A. Moore near St. Paul's, 1726.

Notes:

Sometimes attributed to Daniel Defoe (Crossley, Trent, Hutchins, Moore, Novak). Attribution disputed by Furbank and Owens, Defoe de-attributions.

The bookseller's name in the imprint is fictitious.

Price on title page: (Price Six Pence.)

Reproduction of original from Boston Public Library.

Cited in:

Moore, 478

English Short Title Catalog, N43533.

OCLC:

508208279