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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"

Title
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.
Author
Crittenden, Edward B.
Publication
  • Philadelphia : Barclay & Company, [1881]
  • ©1881

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Additional Authors
  • Smith, Harmon H.
  • Barclay & Co., publisher.
Description
1 online resource (pages 19-80) : illustrations, facsimiles.
Series Statement
Crime, Punishment, and Popular Culture, 1790-1920
Uniform Title
Crime, Punishment, and Popular Culture, 1790-1920.
Alternative Title
  • Cruel tortures and startling adventures of Miss Gabrielle Austin, of North Carolina.
  • Redmond's story of his life.
Subject
  • Austin, Gabrielle > Fiction
  • Redmond, Lewis Richard, 1854-1906 > Fiction
  • Outlaws > North Carolina > Fiction
Note
  • 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, no. 1303), and a German language edition published at Cincinnati. For a discussion of E.E. Barclay's (later Barclay & Co.'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, v. 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.
OCLC
  • 937017730
  • CPPC02857
Author
Crittenden, Edward B., author.
Title
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.
Publisher
Philadelphia : Barclay & Company, [1881]
Copyright Date
©1881
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
computer
Type of Carrier
online resource
Series
Crime, Punishment, and Popular Culture, 1790-1920
Crime, Punishment, and Popular Culture, 1790-1920.
Local Note
Library copy lacks pages 39-42, with some torn pages.
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Added Author
Smith, Harmon H., engraver.
Barclay & Co., publisher.
Added Title
Cruel tortures and startling adventures of Miss Gabrielle Austin, of North Carolina.
Redmond's story of his life.
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