- Additional Authors
- 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
- 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
- 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.
- Connect to:
- 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.