Anthony Vaver: 2 books

Early American Criminals: An American Newgate Calendar, Chronicling the Lives of the Most Notorious Criminal Offenders from Colonial America and the New Republic

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Early American Criminals: An American Newgate Calendar, Chronicling the Lives of the Most Notorious Criminal Offenders from Colonial America and the New Republic

by Anthony Vaver
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2014

Most books about crime in colonial America focus on blasphemers, adulterers, and witches burning at the stake. Not this book. In "Early American Criminals," crime historian, Anthony Vaver, examines early America’s most notorious criminals: burglars, murderers, pirates, counterfeiters,...

Bound with an Iron Chain: The Untold Story of How the British Transported 50,000 Convicts to Colonial America

by Anthony Vaver
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2011

In 1723, James Bell grabbed a book from a London bookstall and started to run, but he was chased by several witnesses and was discovered hiding in a dog kennel. As punishment for his crime, Bell was loaded on a ship and sent to colonial America, where he was sold at auction as an indentured servant...