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| Shopify Unique ID: | 10561188102436 |
| Trademe Reference: | PR76 (616) |
| Category: |
Australia |
| New / Used: | Used |
Description
HANGMAN: The life and times of Alexander Green, Public Executioner to the Colony of New South Wales
by Richard and Ray Beckett
DESCRIPTION
ISBN: 0170052613
Format: small hardcover with dust jacket
Published: Nelson 1980, 1st edition
Size (mm): 140 w x 220 h x 20 d
Pages: 201
SKU: A5/2303/0265/N605
ABOUT
Alexander Green dispatched 409 offenders in his official role of hangman and finisher of the law in the colony of New South Wales. A convicted thief, he arrived in Sydney in 1824 on a life sentence. Conditionally pardoned a year later, he soon became official flogger and assistant hangman, graduating to hangman-in-chief, a job he held for nearly thirty years.
Illustrated throughout with monochrome fine line drawings
CONDITION
Excellent with light wear on dust jacket, pages clean, binding tight, no stamps or inscriptions. Images depict all need to know detail.
REMARKS
Scarce locally
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