The History of John Gregg, and his family, of robbers and murderers. [electronic resource] : Who took up their abode in a cave near to the sea-side, in Clovaley in Devonshire, where they liv'd twenty-five years without so much as once going to visit any city, or town. How they robbed above one thousand persons, and murdered and ate, all whom they robbed. How at last they were happily discover'd by a pack of blood-hounds; and how John Gregg, his wife, eight sons, six daughters, eighteen grand-sons, and fourteen grand-daughters, were all seized and executed, by being cast alive into three fires, and burnt.
1789
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The History of John Gregg, and his family, of robbers and murderers. [electronic resource] : Who took up their abode in a cave near to the sea-side, in Clovaley in Devonshire, where they liv'd twenty-five years without so much as once going to visit any city, or town. How they robbed above one thousand persons, and murdered and ate, all whom they robbed. How at last they were happily discover'd by a pack of blood-hounds; and how John Gregg, his wife, eight sons, six daughters, eighteen grand-sons, and fourteen grand-daughters, were all seized and executed, by being cast alive into three fires, and burnt.
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Glasgow : [s.n.], Printed in the year. [1789?]
Place of Publication or Printing
Great Britain -- Scotland -- Glasgow.
Language
English
Description
8p. ; 8⁰.
Note
A version of the story of Sawney Bean, the cannibal.
Reproduction of original from National Library of Scotland.
Reproduction of original from National Library of Scotland.
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Access limited to authorized users.
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English Short Title Catalog, T167605.
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
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