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Fishermen: Crime in Nineteenth-Century Aberdeen and the North-East

Malcolm Archibald

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Description:Ravaged by riots, vice and violence, nineteenth-century Aberdeen was very different from the city we know now. Danger lurked around many corners. Truculent fishermen rioted on the coast. ?Resurrection menOCO snatched dead bodies for anatomistsOCO experiments. Children became career criminals. Railway navvies created havoc with their drunken ?randiesOCO. Respectable people were well advised not to enter streets like Shuttle Lane, which harboured thieves, whores and murderers. And famous fraudsters lived their lives deceiving others, such as the notorious Mrs Gordon Baillie, who beguiled victims from Melbourne to New York. In Fishermen, Randies and Fraudsters, Malcolm Archibald reveals historical AberdeenOCOs sordid underbelly. And he also uncovers the heroic efforts of the town sergeants and infant police force that attempted to keep the city under control as they nobly battled crime in nineteenth-century Aberdeen and the North East. "We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Fishermen: Crime in Nineteenth-Century Aberdeen and the North-East. To get started finding Fishermen: Crime in Nineteenth-Century Aberdeen and the North-East, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 160

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Not Avail

Release: 2014

ISBN: 1845027876

Description: Ravaged by riots, vice and violence, nineteenth-century Aberdeen was very different from the city we know now. Danger lurked around many corners. Truculent fishermen rioted on the coast. ?Resurrection menOCO snatched dead bodies for anatomistsOCO experiments. Children became career criminals. Railway navvies created havoc with their drunken ?randiesOCO. Respectable people were well advised not to enter streets like Shuttle Lane, which harboured thieves, whores and murderers. And famous fraudsters lived their lives deceiving others, such as the notorious Mrs Gordon Baillie, who beguiled victims from Melbourne to New York. In Fishermen, Randies and Fraudsters, Malcolm Archibald reveals historical AberdeenOCOs sordid underbelly. And he also uncovers the heroic efforts of the town sergeants and infant police force that attempted to keep the city under control as they nobly battled crime in nineteenth-century Aberdeen and the North East. "We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Fishermen: Crime in Nineteenth-Century Aberdeen and the North-East. To get started finding Fishermen: Crime in Nineteenth-Century Aberdeen and the North-East, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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