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Pillars of salt : an anthology of early American criminal narratives / Daniel E. Williams [compiler].

Title
Pillars of salt : an anthology of early American criminal narratives / Daniel E. Williams [compiler].
Publication
Madison, Wis. : Madison House, 1993.

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Additional Authors
Williams, Daniel E., 1951-
Description
xvi, 368 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Summary
Contains articles previously published between 1699 and 1796.
Subject
  • 1600-1850
  • Geschichte 1600-1775
  • American prose literature > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
  • Crime > United States > History > Sources. > 18th century
  • American prose literature > 1783-1850
  • Criminals > United States > Biography
Genre/Form
  • collective biographies.
  • Biographies
  • History
  • Literary collections
  • Sources
  • Biographies.
Note
  • Contains articles previously published between 1699 and 1796.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 353-361) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
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 account 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 Personnel -- 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.
ISBN
0945612311 (alk. paper)
LCCN
^^^92025124^
OCLC
  • 26261487
  • SCSB-10337914
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library