A handbook on hanging : being a short introduction to the fine art of execution
Duff, Charles, 1894-19662011
Books, Manuscripts
This handbook is a Swiftian tribute to that unappreciated mainstay of civilization - the hangman. The author writes not only of hanging but of electrocution, decapitations, and gassings.
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Author:
Edition:
New ed.
Imprint:
Stroud : History, 2011.
Collation:
228 p. ; 20 cm.
ISBN:
9780752460680 (pbk)0752460684 (pbk)
Dewey class:
364.6'6'0973364.66
Language:
English
BRN:
1716254