Johnson, Charles. A general history of the lives and adventures of the most famous highwaymen, murderers, street-robbers : &c. To which is added, a genuine account of the voyages and plunders of the most notorious pyrates. ... By Capt. Charles Johnson

Folger bibliographic ID: 172515
ESTC number: T112552
Folger call number: HV6245.J6 1734 Cage
Folger holdings ID: 175534

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Charles Johnson is believed to be a pseudonym Consists of the lives of the pirates selected from the first volume of 'A general history of the robberies and murders of the most notorious pyrates .. by Captain Charles Johnson' (sometimes attributed to Daniel Defoe (Hutchins, Moore, Novak). Attribution disputed by Furbank and Owens, Defoe de-attributions), interspersed with selections from the lives of highwaymen and others from Capt. Alexander Smith's 'The history of the lives of the most noted highway-men' Titlepage in red and black Published in irregularly numbered parts Catchword on the first page of the introduction: they Individual parts in other copies may be of different editions

Uniform title: General history of the robberies and murders of the most notorious pyrates. Selections
Extended title: A general history of the lives and adventures of the most famous highwaymen, murderers, street-robbers : &c. To which is added, a genuine account of the voyages and plunders of the most notorious pyrates. ... By Capt. Charles Johnson

author: Johnson, Charles, active 1724-1731
attributed name: Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731