Curious Punishments of Bygone Days
Publisher: Hesperides Press
Published: August 1, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 180
ISBN-13: 9781406796476
Subjects: Crime & criminology; History; Sociology; History: American; USA; Criminology; Political Freedom & Security - Law Enforcement; United States - Colonial Period; History / United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775); Political Science-Political Freedom & Security - Law Enforcement; Social Science-Criminology
First sentence: There is no doubt that our far-away grandfathers, whether of English, French, Dutch, Scotch or Irish blood, were much more afraid of ridicule than they were even of sinning, and far more than we are of extreme derision or mockery to-day.