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001 2001050689
003 DLC
005 20021217085309.0
008 011115s2002 mnua c b 001 0deng
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020 $a0822508397 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper)
020 $a0822508400 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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043 $ae-uk---
050 00 $aHV6453.G7$bF37 2002
082 00 $a364.15/52/0941$221
100 1 $aFarman, John.
245 14 $aThe short and bloody history of highwaymen /$cJohn Farman.
250 $a1st American ed.
260 $aMinneapolis, MN :$bLerner Publications,$c2002.
300 $a96 p. :$bill., map ;$c21 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 92) and index.
505 0 $aWho, what, and where were highwaymen? -- Butchers unite -- Suppertime in highwayman-land -- What to wear? -- Travellers' tricks -- Reasons to be wary -- Trade secrets -- Caught good and proper -- How to hang a highwayman -- Thief-takers -- The beginning of the end -- The best of the bunch -- The end of the road -- Highwayman-speak.
520 $aPresents a detailed account of the daily life of a highwayman, and introduces some of the famous men and women who earned their living as robbers in Great Britain in the eighteenth century.
650 0 $aBrigands and robbers$zGreat Britain$xHistory$vJuvenile literature.
650 0 $aBrigands and robbers$zGreat Britain$vBiography$vJuvenile literature.
650 1 $aRobbers and outlaws$zGreat Britain.