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A new handbook on hanging : being a short introduction to the fine art of execution, containing much useful information on neck-breaking, throttling, strangling, asphyxiation, decapitation and electrocution. ... to which is added an account of the great Nuremberg hangings, a ready reckoner for hangmen, and many other items of interest  Cover Image Book Book

A new handbook on hanging : being a short introduction to the fine art of execution, containing much useful information on neck-breaking, throttling, strangling, asphyxiation, decapitation and electrocution. ... to which is added an account of the great Nuremberg hangings, a ready reckoner for hangmen, and many other items of interest

Record details

  • Physical Description: print
    179 pages ; 19 cm
  • Edition: Definitive ed., diligently compared and rev. in accordance with the most recent developments in the art.
  • Publisher: Chicago : Henry Regnery, [Pref. 1953]

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General Note:
"First appeared under the title A handbook on hanging, in 1928."
Subject: Hanging
Capital punishment

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Evergreen Indiana.

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  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Indiana State Library - Indianapolis ISLM HV8694 .D8 1953 (Text) 0000100137009 General book Available -


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