executions (2 Ergebnisse)

Soft cover. Zustand: As New. Pamphlet by author of 'Shot at Dawn' which exposed the First World War British court martial executions of British soldiers. 22 pages. 3 essays: one on Pte Thomas Highgate shot at dawn on September 8, 1914; one on the revisionist historians who challenged the pardons; and one on a celebration of the Shot at Dawn campaign.

2 woodcuts, the first 215 x 350 mm. the second, 130 x 220 mm. These woodcuts are probably cut from contemporary execution broadsides. According to contemporary accounts, the mother, common law wife, brother and others made up a party "to see the last of old Tom" and when it was over retired to a public house to make a day of it.