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A Hanging
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Author : George Orwell
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2023-09-17
A Hanging written by George Orwell and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-09-17 with categories.
George Orwell set out 'to make political writing into an art', and to a wide extent this aim shaped the future of English literature. While 1984 and Animal Farm are amongst the most popular classic novels of all time, this new series of his essays seeks to bring his writing on politics and literature to a new readership. A Hanging, the ninth in the Orwell's Essays series, tells the story of the execution of an unnamed convict in Burma. With the veracity of the story unknown, but thought to be loosely based on Orwell's own experiences in Burma, the haunting tale leaves the reader contemplating the heavy topic of colonialism, and the right of one to take the life of another.
A Hanging Offense
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Author : Buckner Melton
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2007-11-01
A Hanging Offense written by Buckner Melton and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-11-01 with History categories.
Mutiny on the Bounty is one of history's greatest naval stories—yet few know the similar tale from America's own fledgling navy in the dying days of the Age of Sail, a tale of mutiny and death at sea on an American warship. In 1842, the brig-of-war Somers set out on a training cruise for apprentice seamen, commanded by rising star Alexander Mackenzie. Somers was crammed with teenagers. Among them was Acting Midshipman Philip Spencer, a disturbed youth and a son of the U.S. Secretary of War. Buying other crew members' loyalty with pilfered tobacco and alcohol, Spencer dreamed up a scheme to kill the officers and turn Somers into a pirate ship. In the isolated world of a warship, a single man can threaten the crew's discipline and the captain's authority. But one of Spencer's followers warned Mackenzie, who arrested the midshipman and chained him and other ringleaders to the quarterdeck. Fearing efforts to rescue the prisoners, officers had to stay awake in round-the-clock watches. Steering desperately for land, sleep-deprived and armed to the teeth, battling efforts to liberate Spencer, Somers's captain and officers finally faced a fateful choice: somehow keep control of the vessel until reaching port—still hundreds of miles away—or hang the midshipman and his two leading henchmen before the boys could take over the ship. The results shook the nation. A naval investigation of the affair turned into a court-martial and a state trial and led to the founding of the Naval Academy to provide better officers for the still-young republic. Mackenzie's controversial decision may have inspired Herman Melville's great work Billy Budd. The story of Somers raises timeless questions still disturbing in twenty-first-century America: the relationship between civil and military law, the hazy line between peace and war, the battle between individual rights and national security, and the ultimate challenge of command at sea.
A Hanging Matter
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Author : David Donachie
language : en
Publisher: Allison & Busby
Release Date : 2015-12-17
A Hanging Matter written by David Donachie and has been published by Allison & Busby this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-12-17 with Fiction categories.
It wasn't quite the homecoming ex-privateer Harry Ludlow had anticipated. Having cheated death and made a handsome profit into the bargain, Harry and his brother James expected their return home to be quiet - until they become embroiled in a fierce contest between smugglers in the English Channel.
A Hanging Offence
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Author : Don Cummer
language : en
Publisher: Scholastic Canada
Release Date : 2015-02-01
A Hanging Offence written by Don Cummer and has been published by Scholastic Canada this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-02-01 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
The sequel to Brothers at War finds best friends Jacob and Eli on opposite sides of the battlefield as the War of 1812 erupts. Jacob and Eli may be blood brothers, but they are on opposite sides in the battle of Queenston Heights during the War of 1812. While Jacob joins John Norton's Mohawk band fighting with the British-Canadian side, Eli fights with the Americans. The Canadians win the day, but the victory comes at a great cost: the death of General Brock. Eli is captured and jailed. Because he swore the oath of allegiance to the Crown before he left Canada, his return with the invaders makes him a traitor. He is charged with high treason - a hanging offence. Can Jacob save his friend from the gallows?
Invitation To A Hanging
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Author : Robert J. Randisi
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2016-02-16
Invitation To A Hanging written by Robert J. Randisi and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-02-16 with Fiction categories.
IS THE WIDOWMAKER THE GUN...OR THE MAN? John Locke has been many things -- lawman, bounty hunter, gun-for-hire. And when it comes to shooting, he's a dead shot with a six-gun or a rifle. Legends abound in the Old West depicting him as both a pillar of justice and a cold-hearted killer. The only thing folks know for sure is that Locke's dangerous -- and not to be crossed unless you have more guts than brains. Locke's been hired to serve as a bastonero, the Master of Ceremonies, at the hanging of Ignacio Delgado -- a deadly bandit leader who, with his bandidos, has terrorized the town of Fredericksburgh, Texas. But while the townspeople are eager to see him hang, and his men are equally anxious to set him free, Locke discovers there are unseen forces manipulating events so that the wrong man may end up dead -- the Widowmaker himself!
A Hanging In Nacogdoches
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Author : Gary B. Borders
language : en
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Release Date : 2006-04-01
A Hanging In Nacogdoches written by Gary B. Borders and has been published by University of Texas Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-04-01 with History categories.
Murder, race, politics, and polemics in Texas' oldest town, 1870-1916.
Run From A Hanging
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Author : Will Welton
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
Release Date : 2009-05-04
Run From A Hanging written by Will Welton and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-05-04 with categories.
Run From A HangingJ.P. Daily was waiting to be hung for several citizens had been killed during the robberies that him and his gang had committed in New Mexico. While waiting, on a circuit judge to arrive, he came across an opportunity to escape. On the run, he holed up in a place to keep from freezing to death, and another opportunity came his way. He had a chance to change his life around and become a law abiding citizen himself.The man, whose life he tried to save, happened to be a Deputy U.S. Marshal. The Marshal had almost the same name as Daily and looked almost identical in face, height, and build. No long after that Daily was almost killed because he rode the dead Marshals horse.
The Road To A Hanging
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Author : Mike Kearby
language : en
Publisher: Mike Kearby
Release Date : 2006-12
The Road To A Hanging written by Mike Kearby and has been published by Mike Kearby this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-12 with Fiction categories.
Begins with the last battle of the Civil War and follows an action-filled trail through the turbulent aftermath, when ex-slaves found freedom an empty word, and peace was more a hope than a reality.
A Fine Day For A Hanging
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Author : Carol Ann Lee
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2012-09-06
A Fine Day For A Hanging written by Carol Ann Lee and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-09-06 with Social Science categories.
In 1955, former nightclub manageress Ruth Ellis shot dead her lover, David Blakely. Following a trial that lasted less than two days, she was found guilty and sentenced to death. She became the last woman to be hanged in Britain, and her execution is the most notorious of hangman Albert Pierrepoint's 'duties'. Despite Ruth's infamy, the story of her life has never been fully told. Often wilfully misinterpreted, the reality behind the headlines was buried by an avalanche of hearsay. But now, through new interviews and comprehensive research into previously unpublished sources, Carol Ann Lee examines the facts without agenda or sensation. A portrait of the era and an evocation of 1950s club life in all its seedy glamour, A Fine Day for a Hanging sets Ruth's gripping story firmly in its historical context in order to tell the truth about both her timeless crime and a punishment that was very much of its time.
Present At A Hanging And Other Ghost Stories
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Author : Ambrose Bierce
language : en
Publisher: Library of Alexandria
Release Date : 2020-09-28
Present At A Hanging And Other Ghost Stories written by Ambrose Bierce and has been published by Library of Alexandria this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-09-28 with Fiction categories.