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- The last execution / by Wung-Sung, Jesper,1971-author.(CARDINAL)501561; Van Rooyen, Lindy Falk,translator.(CARDINAL)413290;
- Based on the true story of the last execution in Denmark's history, this novel asks a question that plagues a small Danish town in 1853: does a fifteen-year-old boy deserve to be put to death?Ages 14 up.HL620L
- Subjects: Young adult fiction.; Historical fiction.; Young adult fiction.; Young adult fiction.; Executions and executioners; Death;
- The Life, trial, and execution of Captain John Brown : known as "Old Brown of Ossawatomie" / by Brown, John,1800-1859.(CARDINAL)140758; De Witt, R. M.(Robert M.),1827-1877.(CARDINAL)202602; Virginia.Circuit Court (Jefferson Co.)(CARDINAL)134438;
- Subjects: Biographies.; Brown, John, 1800-1859.;
- The death penalty and North Carolina Department of Correction. by North Carolina.Department of Correction.(CARDINAL)133949;
- Subjects: Statistics.; Capital punishment; Executions and executioners;
- Capital punishment and the American agenda / by Zimring, Franklin E.(CARDINAL)123920; Hawkins, Gordon,1919-2004.;
- Includes bibliographies and index.
- Subjects: Capital punishment; Executions and executioners; Capital punishment.;
- The death penalty and North Carolina Department of Correction. by North Carolina.Department of Correction.(CARDINAL)133949;
- Subjects: Statistics.; Capital punishment; Executions and executioners;
- Billy Budd, sailor / by Melville, Herman,1819-1891.(CARDINAL)138287; Helal, Kathleen.(CARDINAL)484277;
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Subjects: Sea fiction.; Fiction.; Executions and executioners; Ship captains; Impressment; Sailors;
- Billy Budd, sailor (an inside narrative) Reading text and genetic text / by Melville, Herman,1819-1891.(CARDINAL)138287; Hayford, Harrison,editor.(CARDINAL)711838; Sealts, Merton M.,editor.(CARDINAL)709072;
- Bibliography: pages 203-212.
- Subjects: Sea fiction.; Fiction.; Executions and executioners; Ship captains; Impressment; Sailors;
- Billy Budd and the piazza tales / by Melville, Herman,1819-1891.(CARDINAL)138287; O'Meally, Robert G.,1948-(CARDINAL)150910;
- The world of Herman Melville and Billy Budd, sailor -- Introduction by Robert G. O'Meally -- Billy Budd, sailor -- The Piazza tales -- The piazza -- Bartleby -- Benito Cereno -- The lightning-rod man -- The encantadas -- The bell-tower -- Endnotes -- Inspired by Billy Budd, sailor -- Comments & questions.Contains short fiction from the nineteenth-century American novelist, and features his unfinished novella entitled "Billy Budd, Sailor," along with the "Piazza Tales," which includes "Bartleby," "The Bell-Tower," and others; and includes a brief biography of the author.
- Subjects: Fiction.; Executions and executioners; Impressment; Sailors; Ship captains;
- Billy Budd, sailor [audio-enabled device] by Melville, Herman,1819-1891,author. (CARDINAL)138287; Roberts, William,narrator.;
- Includes one AAA battery required for listening.Read by William Roberts.The classic story of Billy Budd, a sailor on a merchantman, is 'pressed' into service on HMS Indomitable during the Napoleonic Wars. The work was published posthumously and was championed by the author E.M. Forster. It has since been recognized as a major work in Melville's oeuvre.Issued on Playaway, a dedicated audio media player.
- Subjects: Audiobooks.; Playaways.; Sea stories.; Executions and executioners; Impressment; Sailors; Ship captains;
- A history of capital punishment / by Laurence, John Laurence,1885-;
- Subjects: Executions and executioners.; Crime; Criminals; Capital punishment.;
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