Leben und Thaten der berühmtesten Straßen- und Seeräuber, Taschendiebe und Betrüger in Großbritannien / von ... Karl Johnson.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Johnson, Charles
Other Authors: Mist, Nathaniel, -1737
Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731
Language:German
Language of the Original:
English
Language and/or Writing System:
New edition translated into German from the original English ; Fraktur.
Published: Leipzig : In der Baumgärtnerschen Buchhandlung, 1817.
Subjects:
Brigands and robbers > Great Britain > Biography.
Pirates > Great Britain > Biography.
Women pirates > Great Britain > Biography.
Robbery > Great Britain > History.
Pickpockets > Great Britain > Biography.
Piracy > Great Britain > History.
Criminals > Great Britain > History.
Highway robbery.
Genre:
Biography.
Local Note:
MSU: Criminology collection.
Physical Description:xii, 436 pages ; 23 cm
Variant Title:
Leben und Thaten der berühmtesten Straßen- und Seeräuber, Diebe und Betrüger in England. [Other title]
Format: Book
Description
Note:"Erster Theil."
Foreword by the translator refers to a planned second volume to be published soon after the first.
Publisher's advertisement of new publications (pages [437-443]).
Author's name preceded by "von dem Capitain."
Capitain Karl Johnson (i.e. Captain Charles Johnson) is a pseudonym that may have been used by Daniel Defoe (attribution disputed by Furbank and Owens) but more likely by Nathaniel Mist, a writer-publisher and former sailor (attribution supported by Arne Bialuschewski, Professor of History, Trent University, Ontario, Canada).
Call Number:HV6453.G7 J64 1817
XX
Source of Acquisition:
Kraus Periodicals ; Purchase ; 1965.