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Title The short and bloody history of highwaymen / John Farman.

Publication Info.

Location	Pub Note	Copy No.	Status
Byron CUSD 226 - Byron MS Stacks - BR2Y-14	364.15 Far		AVAILABLE
Homer Twp PL - Main Juvenile Non-Fiction - HDBB-1	J 364.1552 FAR		AVAILABLE

Edition	First American edition.
Description	96 pages : illustrations, map ; 21 cm
	text txt rdacontent
	unmediated n rdamedia
	volume nc rdacarrier
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (page 92) and index.
Contents	Who, what, and where were highwaymen? -- Butchers unite -- Dinnertime in highwayman-land -- What to wear? -- Travelers' tricks -- Reasons to be wary -- Trade secrets -- Caught good and proper -- How to hang a highwayman -- Thief-takers -- The beginning of the end -- The best of the bunch -- The end of the road -- Highwayman speak.
Summary	Presents a detailed account of the daily life of a highwayman, and introduces some of the famous men and women who earned their living as robbers in Great Britain in the eighteenth century.
Study Program	Accelerated Reader AR MG 7.5 3.0 64249.
Subject	Brigands and robbers -- Great Britain -- History -- Juvenile literature.
	Brigands and robbers -- Great Britain -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
	Robbers and outlaws -- Great Britain.
	Brigands and robbers. (OCoLC)fst00838984
	Great Britain. (OCoLC)fst01204623
Genre/Form	Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
	Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
ISBN	0822508397 (library binding : alkaline paper)
	9780822508397 (library binding : alkaline paper)
	0822508400 (paperback: alkaline paper)
	9780822508403 (paperback: alkaline paper)