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Contents
1 When the boiling stopped
2 The Punch and Judy man
3 Gala days
4 The insecure squires
5 Dying game
6 Pirates' end
7 Ordinaries and superstitions
8 Tyburn too merry
9 Saved from the gallows
10 The headsman who fainted
11 Dr Johnson protests
12 Some gallows birds
13 Please don't hang me high
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15 The juries rebel
16 Who would hang Pa?
17 Ropes end
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1 When the boiling stopped
2 The Punch and Judy man
3 Gala days
4 The insecure squires
5 Dying game
6 Pirates' end
7 Ordinaries and superstitions
8 Tyburn too merry
9 Saved from the gallows
10 The headsman who fainted
11 Dr Johnson protests
12 Some gallows birds
13 Please don't hang me high
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Butterfingers15 The juries rebel
16 Who would hang Pa?
17 Ropes end
Bibliography
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LibraryThing member AlexTheHunn
This is an interesting, well written book on the logistics, techniques, mechanics of hanging. Along the way, he explores famous hangmen and how hanging has changed over the years both in actual practice as well as in public perception.
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ISBN
498073874
Publication
A.S. Barnes and Company New York