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Cassie's rose / by Doyle, Elizabeth.(CARDINAL)727462; Copyright Paperback Collection (Library of Congress)(CARDINAL)376993;
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Romance fiction.; Penal transportation; Prisoners;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Emigrants in chains : a social history of forced emigration to the Americas of felons, destitute chidren, political and religious non-conformists, vagabonds, beggars and other undesirables, 1607-1776 / by Coldham, Peter Wilson.(CARDINAL)151771;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-188).
Subjects: Penal transportation; Penal transportation; Penal transportation; Penal transportation;
Available copies: 6 / Total copies: 9
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Emigrants in chains : a social history of forced emigration to the Americas of felons, destitute children, political and religious non-conformists, vagabonds, beggars and other undesirables, 1607-1776 / by Coldham, Peter Wilson.;
MARCIVE 2/4/13Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-188).
Subjects: Penal transportation; Penal transportation; Penal transportation; Penal transportation;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 4
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Emigrants in chains : a social history of forced emigration to the Americas of felons, destitute children, political and religious non-conformists, vagabonds, beggars and other undesirables, 1607-1776 / by Coldham, Peter Wilson.(CARDINAL)151771;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-188).Ch. I. The Convicts and Their Background -- Poverty and crime encouraged by legislation -- The growth of villainy and criminal gangs -- Environmental and economic inducements to law-breaking -- Ch. II. The Prisons -- Contemporary descriptions of London and provincial prisons -- Punishments inflicted -- Exactions of prison keepers -- The power of money to relieve punishment -- Ch. III. The Dispensers of Justice -- The development of criminal justice systems -- The power of judges -- The prevalence of political corruption and venality -- Humanitarian reliefs -- Ch. IV. The State Monopoly Early Days -- State-administered schemes for transporting pardoned felons to the colonies -- The extension of such schemes to vagrant children, beggars, drunks and political and religious misfits -- Private enterprise and the practice of spiriting -- The American colonies begin to protest -- The collapse of the early system of transportation -- Ch. V. The Age of the Contractors -- New law on criminal transportation of 1718 -- Appointment of contractors for the Transports -- Reactions of the colonies -- Free trade in convicts from 1772 -- The official end of the trade and introduction of the Hulk Act in 1776 -- Some dismal experiments after the Peace of 1783 -- Ch. VI. Transportation as a Business -- The official contractors, their commercial and maritime affairs -- Difficulties at home, at sea and in the plantations -- Profits and losses -- A contractor's summary of his activities -- Ch. VII. The Scottish Experiment -- Widespread practice of kidnapping in the Scottish Highlands -- The complicity of civic authorities -- Exposure of the illicit trade in plantation servants -- Poverty the cause of a tidal wave of Scottish emigration -- Government alarm -- Ch. VIII. His Majesty's Seven-Year Passengers -- Conditions of shipboard life for transported felons -- Personal reminiscences -- Brutality of captains and crews -- Shipboard security measures -- Dangers to women at sea -- Ch. IX. The New Immigrants -- Accounts of living conditions for transported "Servants" -- The preparation and sale of human cargoes -- Escapes and punishments -- Monied exiles, impostors and cheats -- Ch. X. Some Thumbnail Sketches -- Biographies and autobiographies of transported felons -- Their experiences in the American colonies -- Their life and times in England -- Ch. XI. The Twilight Years -- Objections to the Hulk Act -- Frustrated attempts to revive the transportation trade -- American and British reflections on the effects of criminal transportation -- App. I. Pardons on Condition of Transportation -- App. II. Summary List of Principal Gaol Delivery and Assize Records -- App. III. An Act... for the More Effectual Transportation of Felons -- App. IV. Specimens of Legal Documents -- App. V. Convict Ships Contracted from London to the American Colonies 1716-1775 -- App. VI. Convict Ships Contracted by Assize and Quarter Session Courts -- App. VII. Convicts Pardoned for Transportation 1660-1699 (graph) -- App. VIII. Convicts Pardoned for Transportation 1700-1775 (graph) -- App. IX. Benjamin Franklin on the Subject of Transportation.The forced emigration of convicts, destitute persons and children, "undesirables", and non-conformists from England to the Americas.
Subjects: Penal transportation; Penal transportation; Penal transportation; Penal transportation;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 4
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Chasers [videorecording] /
Director of photography, Ueli Steiger ; film editor, Christian A. Wagner ; music, Dwight Yoakam and Pete Anderson.Tom Berenger, Erika Eleniak, William McNamara, Gary Busey, Marilu Henner, Crispin Glover, Dean Stockwell, Dennis Hopper.Navy Shore Patrol lifer Rock Reilly (Berenger) and his new partner Eddie Devane (McNamara) must escort a feisty and beautiful prisoner, Ensign Toni Johnson (Eleniak), to base. The "chaser" duty should be routine, but Toni's determined to make a break for freedom.MPAA rating: R.DVD ; Dolby Digital ; region 1.
Subjects: Feature films.; Comedy films.; United States. Navy; Penal transportation;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Chasers [videorecording] / by Berenger, Tom,1950-; Busey, Gary.(CARDINAL)684833; Eleniak, Erika,1969-; Hopper, Dennis,1936-2010.(CARDINAL)681338; McNamara, William,1965-(CARDINAL)346755; Robinson, James G.; Morgan Creek Productions.; Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- ); Warner Home Video (Firm)(CARDINAL)218485;
Music, Dwight Yoakam and Pete Anderson ; film editor, Christian A. Wagner ; director of photography, Ueli Steiger ; executive producer, Gary Barber ; story, Joe Batteer and John Rice ; screenplay, Joe Batteer, John Rice, and Dan Gilroy ; producer, James G. Robinson ; co-producer, David Wisnievitz ; director, Dennis Hopper.Tom Berenger, Erika Eleniak, William McNamara, Gary Busey, Marilu Henner, Crispin Glover, Dean Stockwell, Dennis Hopper.Navy Shore Patrol lifer Rock Reilly and his partner Eddie Devane must escort a feisty and beautiful prisoner, Ensign Toni Johnson, to base. The "chaser" duty should be routine, but Toni's determined to make a break for freedom.MPAA rating: R (for strong language and a scene of sexuality).DVD, Dolby Digital ; region 1.
Subjects: Feature films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; United States. Navy; Penal transportation;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Alistair MacLean's Breakheart Pass / [videorecording] by Brandt, Byron.; Bronson, Charles,1920-2003.; Crenna, Richard,1927-2003.; Durning, Charles,1923-2012.(CARDINAL)749166; Gershwin, Jerry,1926-1997.; Goldsmith, Jerry.(CARDINAL)506203; Gries, Tom.; Ireland, Jill,1936-1990.; Johnson, Ben,1918-1996.(CARDINAL)749169; Kastner, Elliott.; Lauter, Ed,1938-2013.; MacLean, Alistair,1922-1987.Breakheart Pass.; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.(CARDINAL)150193; MGM/UA Home Video (Firm)(CARDINAL)782781; United Artists Corporation.(CARDINAL)715521;
Music by Jerry Goldsmith ; film editor, Byron 'Buzz' Brandt ; screeplay by Alistair MacLean.Charles Bronson, Ben Johnson, Jill Ireland, Charles Durning, Ed Lauter, Richard Crenna.John Deakin is a secret agent posing as a thief on his way to jail. Boarding a special government train in handcuffs, he begins a terrifying journey that brings him face-to-face with death. Various passengers on an 1873 train across the frozen west to Fort Humboldt turn out to have smuggling and murder in mind.John Deakin is a secret agent posing as a thief on his way to jail. Boarding a special government train in handcuffs, he begins a terrifying journey that brings him face-to-face with death. Various passengers on an 1873 train across the frozen west to Fort Humboldt turn out to have smuggling and murder in mind.DVD; Dolby digital.
Subjects: Detective and mystery films.; Films for the hearing impaired.; Thrillers (Motion pictures); Penal transportation; Secret service; Undercover operations;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Tunnel [videorecording] / by Baldwin, Daniel.; Coates, Kim.; Theriault, Janine.;
Daniel Baldwin, Kim Coates, Janine Theriault.A cop transporting a prisoner runs into trouble on a train.MPAA rating: R.DVD, Dolby digital stereo.
Subjects: Action and adventure films.; Feature films.; Penal transportation; Police films.;
For private home use only.
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Breakheart Pass [videorecording] by Bronson, Charles,1920-2003,actor.; Crenna, Richard,1927-2003,actor.; Durning, Charles,1923-2012,actor.; Gries, Tom,film director.; Ireland, Jill,1936-1990,actor.; Jenson, Roy,1935-actor.; Johnson, Ben,1918-1996,actor.; Lauter, Ed,1938-2013,actor.; MacLean, Allstair,screenwriter.; McKinney, Bill,1931-2011,actor.; Kino Lorber, Inc.,film distributor.(CARDINAL)347545;
Music, Jerry Goldsmith.Richard Crenna, Charles Bronson, Ben Johnson, Charles Durning, Jill Ireland, Bill McKinney, Ed Lauter, David Huddleston, Roy Jenson.A governor, a woman, a group of cavalrymen, and a mysterious man travel on a train through Idaho in 1870. One is actually a murderer.MPAA rating: PG.DVD, widescreen 1.85:1 presentation; Region 1, NTSC; Dolby digital, stereo.
Subjects: Action and adventure films.; Detective and mystery films.; Feature films.; Fiction films.; Thrillers (Motion pictures); Murder; Penal transportation; Secret service; Undercover operations; Western films.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The tin ticket : the heroic journey of Australia's convict women / by Swiss, Deborah J.(CARDINAL)754881;
Includes bibliographival refrerences (pages 309-319) and index.
Subjects: Penal transportation; Women prisoners; Convict labor; Exiles;
Available copies: 5 / Total copies: 5
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