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JACK – The Life and Fate of a Kentish Thief


Published 1913

Table of Contents

Preface

Part I – A Boy from Blean

Chapter One – The Forest and the Village

Part II – The Road to Crime

Chapter Two – A Widow’s Household

Chapter Three – A Night’s Work

Chapter Four – Cock-fighting, Dogs and Horses

Part III – A Life of Crime

Chapter Five – An Old Companion

Chapter Six – The Handkerchief

Chapter Seven – The Road to Whitstable

Chapter Eight – The Running Match

Chapter Nine – The Road into Sussex

Chapter Ten – The Apron at the Door

Chapter Eleven – The False Confession

Part IV – The Price of Crime

Chapter Twelve – The Old Women at Blean

Chapter Thirteen – A Year Behind Bars

Chapter Fourteen – The Cock-Fight at Michaelmas

Chapter Fifteen – A Narrow Escape

Chapter Sixteen – The Woodman’s Load

Chapter Seventeen – The Last Theft

Part V – The Final Journey

Chapter Eighteen – A Life Set Down in Print

Chapter Nineteen – Awaiting Transportation

Chapter Twenty – The Last Passage

Table of Contents

Preface

Part I – A Boy from Blean

Chapter One – The Forest and the Village

Part II – The Road to Crime

Chapter Two – A Widow’s Household

Chapter Three – A Night’s Work

Chapter Four – Cock-fighting, Dogs and Horses

Part III – A Life of Crime

Chapter Five – An Old Companion

Chapter Six – The Handkerchief

Chapter Seven – The Road to Whitstable

Chapter Eight – The Running Match

Chapter Nine – The Road into Sussex

Chapter Ten – The Apron at the Door

Chapter Eleven – The False Confession

Part IV – The Price of Crime

Chapter Twelve – The Old Women at Blean

Chapter Thirteen – A Year Behind Bars

Chapter Fourteen – The Cock-Fight at Michaelmas

Chapter Fifteen – A Narrow Escape

Chapter Sixteen – The Woodman’s Load

Chapter Seventeen – The Last Theft

Part V – The Final Journey

Chapter Eighteen – A Life Set Down in Print

Chapter Nineteen – Awaiting Transportation

Chapter Twenty – The Last Passage

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