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More copies of this ISBN:A Handbook of Hangingby Charles Duff
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:"A Handbook on Hanging" is a Swiftian tribute to that unappreciated mainstay of civilization: the hangman. With barbed insouciance, Charles Duff writes not only of hanging but of electrocution, decapitations, and gassings; of innocent men executed and of executions botched; of the bloodlust of mobs and the shabby excuses of the great. This coruscating and, in contemporary America, very relevant polemic makes clear that whatever else capital punishment may be said to be--justice, vengeance, a deterrent--it is certainly killing. Book News Annotation:Being a short Introduction to the fine Art of Execution, containing
much useful Information on Neck-Breaking, Throttling, Strangling,
Asphyxiation, Decapitation, and Electrocution; Data and Wrinkles on
Hangmanship; with the late Mr. Hangman Berry's Method and his
pioneering List of Drops; to which is added an Account of the Great
Nuremberg Hangings; a Ready Reckoner for Hangmen; and many other
items of interest including the Anatomy of Murder. An Irish native,
Duff (1894-1966) wrote plays, travel essays, and other works beside
this Swiftian tribute to the unsung public servant. Any original
bibliography or index has since been lopped off.
Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) Synopsis:Being a short Introduction to the fine Art of Execution, containing much useful Information on Neck-Breaking, Throttling, Strangling, Asphyxiation, Decapitation, and Electrocution; Data and Wrinkles on Hangmanship; with the late Mr. Hangman Berry's Method and his pioneering List of Drops; to which i What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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