The Resource Grim Almanac of Old Berkshire, Roger Long, (electronic resource)
Grim Almanac of Old Berkshire, Roger Long, (electronic resource)
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The item Grim Almanac of Old Berkshire, Roger Long, (electronic resource) represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Lane Public Library.
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- Summary
- A Grim Almanac of Old Berkshire is a day-by-day catalogue of ghastly tales dating from the twelfth to the twentieth centuries. Full of torment and torture, heinous homicides, and cataclysms of nature, these pages contain multiple murders, horrendous hauntings, and audacious thefts. Have you heard the story of the pub landlord who attempted to end it all by leaping down his own well? All he achieved was a broken ankle. Also featured here are the Watchfield farmer who tried to turn his wife into cooking fat, the family who charged people to view their relative's decapitated body, and the violent poltergeist activity that took place at the old forge at Finchampstead and made national news headlines in 1926. This compilation of grim deeds contains a veritable plethora of poisonings, assaults, drownings, kidnappings, suicides, and disasters. If you have ever wondered about what nasty goings-on occurred in the Berkshire of yesteryear, then look no further{u2014}it's all here. But do you have the stomach for it?
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (160 pages)
- Isbn
- 9780750954174
- Label
- Grim Almanac of Old Berkshire
- Title
- Grim Almanac of Old Berkshire
- Statement of responsibility
- Roger Long
- Subject
-
- Berkshire (England) -- History -- Miscellanea
- Crime -- England | Berkshire -- History -- Chronology
- Crime -- England | Berkshire -- History -- Miscellanea
- Criminals -- England | Berkshire -- History -- Chronology
- Criminals -- England | Berkshire -- History -- Miscellanea
- Berkshire (England) -- History -- Chronology
- Freading Electronic Book
- Electronic books
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- A Grim Almanac of Old Berkshire is a day-by-day catalogue of ghastly tales dating from the twelfth to the twentieth centuries. Full of torment and torture, heinous homicides, and cataclysms of nature, these pages contain multiple murders, horrendous hauntings, and audacious thefts. Have you heard the story of the pub landlord who attempted to end it all by leaping down his own well? All he achieved was a broken ankle. Also featured here are the Watchfield farmer who tried to turn his wife into cooking fat, the family who charged people to view their relative's decapitated body, and the violent poltergeist activity that took place at the old forge at Finchampstead and made national news headlines in 1926. This compilation of grim deeds contains a veritable plethora of poisonings, assaults, drownings, kidnappings, suicides, and disasters. If you have ever wondered about what nasty goings-on occurred in the Berkshire of yesteryear, then look no further{u2014}it's all here. But do you have the stomach for it?
- Cataloging source
- CtWfDGI
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1944-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Long, Roger
- Dewey number
-
- 942
- 942
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- HV6535.G5
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- dictionaries
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Criminals
- Criminals
- Crime
- Crime
- Berkshire (England)
- Berkshire (England)
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Grim Almanac of Old Berkshire, Roger Long, (electronic resource)
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Control code
- frd00009874
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (160 pages)
- File format
- one file format
- Form of item
- online
- Governing access note
- Access limited to subscribing institutions
- Isbn
- 9780750954174
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780750954174
- (Sirsi) b1459700
- System details
- System requirements: Adobe Digital editions
- Label
- Grim Almanac of Old Berkshire, Roger Long, (electronic resource)
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Control code
- frd00009874
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (160 pages)
- File format
- one file format
- Form of item
- online
- Governing access note
- Access limited to subscribing institutions
- Isbn
- 9780750954174
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780750954174
- (Sirsi) b1459700
- System details
- System requirements: Adobe Digital editions
Subject
- Berkshire (England) -- History -- Miscellanea
- Crime -- England | Berkshire -- History -- Chronology
- Crime -- England | Berkshire -- History -- Miscellanea
- Criminals -- England | Berkshire -- History -- Chronology
- Criminals -- England | Berkshire -- History -- Miscellanea
- Berkshire (England) -- History -- Chronology
- Freading Electronic Book
- Electronic books
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