The County Kerchief
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The history of hanging in the United States, Great Britain, France, Italy, Russia, Germany, Ireland, Van Dieman's Land and Canada. Topics: the most...
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The history of hanging in the United States, Great Britain, France, Italy, Russia, Germany, Ireland, Van Dieman's Land and Canada.
Topics: the most notable hanging in America; fortitude in the face of death; Ancaster's Bloody Assize; Rebellion of 1837; hanging pirates; botched hangings; the Ketch family; should the rope be put away?
."Entirely apart from any argument for or against capital punishment, the one glaring revelation of the history of the county kerchief is that down through the years we have grown wiser, more gentle, more merciful in our treatment of the felon".
- Format:Hardcover
- Pages:224 pages
- Publication:1949
- Publisher:The Ryerson Press, Toronto
- Edition:First edition
- Language:eng
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