Title A general and true history of the lives and actions of the most famous highwaymen, murderers, street-robbers, &c. : To which is added, a genuine account of the voyages and plunders of the most noted pirates. Interspersed with several remarkable tryals of the most notorious malefactors, at the Sessions-House in the Old Baily, London. Adorn'd with the effigies .. engraved on copper-plates. / by Capt. Charles Johnson..

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Birmingham: : Printed by R. Walker ..., 1742.

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Description	1 online resource (448 pages).
Series	Pirates and Piracy anthology
	Pirates and Piracy anthology.
	BiblioBoard Core module.
Note	Earlier editions attributed to Daniel Defoe. Cf. ESTC; Moore, J.R. Defoe (2nd ed.), 458.
	Some editions were earlier ascribed to Charles Johnson, an assumed name, according to DNB, BLC, NUC pre-1956, and Gosse, P. Bibl. of Capt. Charles Johnson.
	Running title: A general history of pyrates, highwaymen, murders, &c.
	Errors in pagination: 122-123, 233, 236 and 336 misnumbered as 121-122, 236, 233 and 332.
	Title in red and black. Printed in double columns.
	Index: p. 427-[428].
	A "facetious rehash" of Smith's Complete history of the lives and robberies of the most notorious highwaymen (London, 1714) with added material from Daniel Defoe's A general history of the pyrates (London, 1724)--J.R. Moore, Defoe in the pillory (Bloomington, 1939), p. 131-2.
	Volume 1
	Original document: Book.
Summary	This book is a rollicking look at the lives of some of Great Britain's most notorious criminals, including accounts of the voyages and plunders of the most noted pirates.
Note	GMD: electronic resource.
Subject	Pirates.
	Brigands and robbers.
Added Author	Johnson, Charles, active 1724-1731.
	Smith, Alexander, active 1714-1726.
Added Title	General history of pyrates, highwaymen, murders, &c.

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