Bloody Versicles
The Rhymes of Crime
by Jonathan Goodman
ISBN: 0873384709
ISBN-13: 9780873384704
Format: Paperback
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Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Kent State Univ Pr
Published date: 1993
Size: 5.5 x 8.5 inches
Weight: 0.9 pounds
Publisher's Notes
In addition to a detailed description of select criminals and their transgressions, this volume contains more than eighty ballads, rhymes, couplets, and verse parodies spawned by some of the most infamous American and British crimes of the last 250 years. Original.
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Bloody Versicles: The Rhymes of Crime
Goodman, Jonathan
Ashland, Ohio, U.S.A.: Kent State Univ Pr, 1993 Originally published 1971, this is the revised edition. Annotated history of rhymes about famous crimes from the US, UK, Australia, & France. Book is as new, tight & clean. Extremely neglible shelfwear to bottom edge. NO writing or other marks. ALL ORDERS PROCESSED BEFORE NOON SHIP IMMEDIATELY THAT DAY; ELSE NEXT DAY (EXCEPT SUNDAYS & HOLIDAYS).. Trade Paper. As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information)
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BLOODY VERSICLES: The Rhymes of Crime
GOODMAN, Jonathan
Kent State University Press, 1993 CONDITION: NEW 1993 Kent State University Press Trade Paperback, first printing. Tiny edgewear. CONTENT: From the cover: This edition of Bloody Versicles, updated and enlarged from an annotated collection first published more than 20 years ago, serves as two books in one: an anthology of ribald, moralistic, sad, yet amusing and entertaining verse relating to specific crimes; and a small encyclopedia of select criminals and their wrongdoings. Some of the "crhymes," such as "Lizzie Borden took an axe . . . ," are famous, but most are familiar only to students of particular cases. They have been selected from sources in the United States, England and Scotland, Australia, and France and are representative of all major categories of offenses, with murder inspiring the largest section. Questions welcome/scan on request.. First Printing. Trade Paperback. New Book/None Issued. Illus. by B&W Drawings & Photos. 249 Pages. True Crime. ( more information)
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