| Curious Punishments of Bygone Days Contributor(s): Earle, Alice Morse (Author) |
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ISBN: 1508518483 ISBN-13: 9781508518488 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $5.46 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections - History | Social History - Social Science | Criminology |
| Physical Information: 0.17" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (0.26 lbs) 80 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Curious Punishments of Bygone Days is a classic history text by Alice Morse Earle. The subject is not a pleasant one, though it often has a humorous element; but a punishment that is obsolete gains an interest and dignity from antiquity and its history becomes endurable because it has a past only and no future. That men were pilloried and women ducked by our law-abiding forbears rouses a thrill of hot indignation which dies down into a dull ember of curiosity when we reflect that they will never be pilloried or ducked again. |