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.
Johnson, Charles,active 1724-1736.
Defoe, Daniel,1661?-1731,attributed name.
Smith, Alexander,active 1714-1726.History of the lives of the most noted highway-men.Selections.
London : printed for and sold by J. Janeway; and by the booksellers of London and Westminster,
1734.
Catchword on the first page of the introduction: they.
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'.
Individual parts in other copies may be of different editions.
Published in irregularly numbered parts.
Titlepage in red and black.
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