Author: H. R. Howard
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Category : Criminals
Languages : en
Pages : 126
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The Life and Adventures of John A. Murrell
Author: H. R. Howard
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Category : Criminals
Languages : en
Pages : 126
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Languages : en
Pages : 126
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The Life and Adventures of J. A. Murrell, the Great Western Land Pirate. With ... Engravings
Author: John A. MURRELL
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Languages : en
Pages : 132
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Pages : 132
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The Life and Adventures of John A. Murrell, the Great Western Land Pirate
Author: H. R. Howard
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Category : Criminals
Languages : en
Pages : 126
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Category : Criminals
Languages : en
Pages : 126
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Pictorial Life and Adventures of John A. Murrell
Author: H. R. Howard
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Languages : en
Pages : 126
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Pages : 126
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The Great Western Land Pirate
Author: James L. Penick
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Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 218
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John A. Murrell lived in Tennessee when Andrew Jackson was president. According to legend, he was an able man who had been raised to be a rascal by his unscrupulous mother. Flogged and imprisoned as a youth, he swore eternal vengeance against the society that had punished him. He became a highwayman and merciless killer, a horse thief, counterfeiter, and slave stealer. He often disguised himself as a clergyman and preached to congregations while confederates stole their horses. He scattered counterfeit money like confetti. This research was undertaken in a skeptical spirit akin to that of Marshall many years ago. This book is about the legend and about what really happened, but only in a secondary sense is its purpose to set the record straight. How was an indifferent thief transformed into a master criminal?
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Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 218
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John A. Murrell lived in Tennessee when Andrew Jackson was president. According to legend, he was an able man who had been raised to be a rascal by his unscrupulous mother. Flogged and imprisoned as a youth, he swore eternal vengeance against the society that had punished him. He became a highwayman and merciless killer, a horse thief, counterfeiter, and slave stealer. He often disguised himself as a clergyman and preached to congregations while confederates stole their horses. He scattered counterfeit money like confetti. This research was undertaken in a skeptical spirit akin to that of Marshall many years ago. This book is about the legend and about what really happened, but only in a secondary sense is its purpose to set the record straight. How was an indifferent thief transformed into a master criminal?
The Pictorial Life and Adventures of John A. Murrell, the Great Western Land Pirate
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Pages : 126
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Pages : 126
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History of the Detection, Conviction, Life and Designs of John A. Murrell the Great Western Land Pirate
Author: Augustus Q. Walton
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ISBN: 9781940127026
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 94
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Virgil A. Stewart happened to be in the right place at the right time. In January 1834, he offered to help a friend in Madison County, Tennessee track down two missing slaves who were believed to have been stolen by a local thief named John A. Murrell. Posing as a man looking for a lost horse, Stewart won Murrell's confidence over the course of several days and the thief shared with him stories of his exploits and revealed various criminal acts he had committed, including robbery, slave stealing, and murder. Murrell also admitted to being the leader of a vast criminal empire with one thousand members-some of whom were well-respected men in their communities-known as the Mystic Clan of the Confederacy. He wanted to convince slaves across the South to rise up against their masters on Christmas night in 1835, during which time Murrell and his clan would rob on a grand scale. History of the Detection, Conviction, Life and Designs of John A. Murrel, the Great Western Land Pirate...To Which is Added a Biographical Sketch of Mr. Virgil A. Stewart was first published in 1835, and is the primary source for the life, crimes, and legend of John A. Murrell, a man Stewart labeled "the great Western Land Pirate." Stewart transformed a petty thief from Denmark, Tennessee into a criminal mastermind with a network of like-minded rogues that stretched across the Old Southwest.
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ISBN: 9781940127026
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 94
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Virgil A. Stewart happened to be in the right place at the right time. In January 1834, he offered to help a friend in Madison County, Tennessee track down two missing slaves who were believed to have been stolen by a local thief named John A. Murrell. Posing as a man looking for a lost horse, Stewart won Murrell's confidence over the course of several days and the thief shared with him stories of his exploits and revealed various criminal acts he had committed, including robbery, slave stealing, and murder. Murrell also admitted to being the leader of a vast criminal empire with one thousand members-some of whom were well-respected men in their communities-known as the Mystic Clan of the Confederacy. He wanted to convince slaves across the South to rise up against their masters on Christmas night in 1835, during which time Murrell and his clan would rob on a grand scale. History of the Detection, Conviction, Life and Designs of John A. Murrel, the Great Western Land Pirate...To Which is Added a Biographical Sketch of Mr. Virgil A. Stewart was first published in 1835, and is the primary source for the life, crimes, and legend of John A. Murrell, a man Stewart labeled "the great Western Land Pirate." Stewart transformed a petty thief from Denmark, Tennessee into a criminal mastermind with a network of like-minded rogues that stretched across the Old Southwest.
The Life and Adventures of John A. Murel
Author: Augustus Q. Walton
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ISBN: 9780964684614
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Languages : en
Pages : 77
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ISBN: 9780964684614
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Pages : 77
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A History of the Life, Designs, Detection and Conviction of John A. Murel [i.e. Murrell], the Great Western Land Pirate
Author: Augustus Q. Walton
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Category : Criminals
Languages : en
Pages : 72
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Category : Criminals
Languages : en
Pages : 72
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A History of the Detection, Conviction, Life and Designs of John A. Murel [i.e. Murrell], the Great Western Land Pirate
Author: Augustus Q. Walton
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Category : Criminals
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Category : Criminals
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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