How to Be a Vigilante: a Diary
How to Be a Vigilante: a Diary

Author: Luke Smitherd

Publisher:

Published: 2016-09-12

Total Pages: 294

ISBN-13: 9781537539539

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FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER 'THE STONE MAN', SHORTLISTED FOR AUDIBLE UK'S BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2015 In the late 1990s, a laptop was found in a service station just outside of Manchester. It contained a digital journal entitled 'TO THE FINDER: OPEN NOW TO CHANGE YOUR LIFE!' Now, for the first time, that infamous diary is being published in its entirety.--------------------------------------------------------------------It's 1998. The internet age is still in its infancy. Google has just been founded. Eighteen year old supermarket shelf-stacker Nigel Carmelite has decided that he's going to become a vigilante.There are a few problems: how is he going to even find crime to fight on the streets of Derbyshire? How will he create a superhero costume - and an arsenal of crime-fighting weaponry - on a shoestring budget? And will his history of blackouts and crippling social inadequacy affect his chances?This is Nigel's account of his journey; part diary, part deluded self-help manual, tragically comic and slowly descending into what is arguably Luke Smitherd's darkest and most violent novel.What do you believe in? And more importantly, should you?Praise for Luke Smitherd's writing:"For me there is no greater joy than seeing an artist excel at his craft...you'll be blown away by the abundance of ideas."- Ain't It Cool News.com

A Decent, Orderly Lynching
A Decent, Orderly Lynching

Author: Frederick Allen

Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press

Published: 2013-07-09

Total Pages: 460

ISBN-13: 0806189886

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The deadliest campaign of vigilante justice in American history erupted in the Rocky Mountains during the Civil War when a private army hanged twenty-one troublemakers. Hailed as great heroes at the time, the Montana vigilantes are still revered as founding fathers. Combing through original sources, including eye-witness accounts never before published, Frederick Allen concludes that the vigilantes were justified in their early actions, as they fought violent crime in a remote corner beyond the reach of government. But Allen has uncovered evidence that the vigilantes refused to disband after territorial courts were in place. Remaining active for six years, they lynched more than fifty men without trials. Reliance on mob rule in Montana became so ingrained that in 1883, a Helena newspaper editor advocated a return to “decent, orderly lynching” as a legitimate tool of social control. Allen’s sharply drawn characters, illustrated by dozens of photographs, are woven into a masterfully written narrative that will change textbook accounts of Montana’s early days—and challenge our thinking on the essence of justice.

Stabman
Stabman

Author: Mark Sewell

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2012-12-29

Total Pages: 151

ISBN-13: 1475968337

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The city reels under a wave of violent crimewhat would you do? If youre like Stabman, you would stand up and oppose it. And if youre really like Stabman, you would probably go about it all wrong, especially at first. Armed with nothing more than mental imbalance and an unquenchable thirst for Justice, Stabman is a one-man wrecking ball aimed at the dark heart of criminal scum across the land. Understanding and rehabilitation are not words in his vocabulary, but ultra-violence most certainly is. Dark, violent, and surprisingly funny in places, this is a journey into the mind of someone psychotic enough to take the fight to scum on their own terms, only at a level they cannot comprehend. Join Stabmanif you dareas he bungles and murders his way to full hero status. This isnt your typical superhero storynot recommended for timid readers.

BALD KNOBBERS
BALD KNOBBERS

Author: Elmo Ingenthron

Publisher: Pelican Publishing Company

Published: 1998-04-30

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 1455600547

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In the 1880s, the Ozark hills around Taney County, Missouri, echoed with the sound of Winchester rifles. Men were lynched from tree limbs by masked night riders. Bundles of switches were tossed on the porches of "loose" men and women as a grim warning to reform or leave the area. In this action-filled saga of the notorious eight-year career of the vigilantes, journalist Mary Hartman and historian Elmo Ingenthron have produced the most comprehensive account of the Bald Knobber era. They trace the roots of the group in the region's border struggles during the Civil War, and examine the organization of anti-Bald Knobbers which sprang up to oppose them. Giant Nat Kinney founded the Bald Knobbers, and led them in their violent campaign for law and order. Andrew Coggburn wrote satirical songs to infuriate Kinney and the other vigilantes. Seventeen-year-old Billy Walker murdered an innocent family and was hanged by the beleaguered authorities. Five opponents of the Bald Knobbers vowed to kill Nat Kinney, and played cards to decide who would do the deed. Elmo Ingenthron was an Ozarks historian, and collected Bald Knobbers lore for more than thirty-five years. Mary Hartman is a veteran journalist and freelance writer.

Cells
Cells

Author: Julia Cowan

Publisher: BLKDOG Publishing

Published: 2020-05-23

Total Pages: 242

ISBN-13:

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Cells tells the story of an unofficial, covert prison designed to remove repeat offenders who have upset the balance of society. Jim, a troubled seventeen year old, finds that he is imprisoned with his absent father. Jim is torn between the desire to expose his violent abductors and the desperate need for a new beginning.

Littleton Washington's Journal
Littleton Washington's Journal

Author: Douglas Lee Gibboney

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2001-06-15

Total Pages: 286

ISBN-13: 146280280X

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NOW AVAILABLE! THE NEVER BEFORE PUBLISHED MEMOIRS OF THE CONFEDERATE SECRETARY OF STATES CHIEF AIDE! As seen on Book TV! Born in the District of Columbia to one of the First Families of Virginia, Littleton Q. Washington attended Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, before securing a clerkship at the U.S. Treasury Department. In 1855, he joined the U.S. Customs House in San Francisco and became embroiled in that citys Vigilante Uprising. Dismissed from his patronage job during James Buchanans administration, Washington made a wild and dangerous journey home across Mexico, which was then entering a bloody reform war. Returning to the District of Columbia, Littleton tried using his government connections to earn a living as a lobbyist but he was not financially successful. He also became more active in journalism and party politics. An ardent secessionist, Washington helped send secret information to South Carolinas governor during the Fort Sumter crisis. In April 1861, he fled from the District of Columbia and traveled to Montgomery, Alabama, where he secured a lieutenants commission in the Confederate Army from Jefferson Davis. Washington served at the battle of First Bull Run. He then briefly edited the Richmond Examiner before joining the Confederate State Department where he worked as the chief aide to Judah Benjamin for the balance of the war. He also enlisted in the home guard called out to defend the Confederate capital in 1863 and 1864. Littleton was a close friend of Mary Chesnut and is mentioned frequently in her famous diary. This book is a valuable reference as another first-person account of wartime Richmond. The journal offers a fascinating character study of one man caught up in the most turbulent period of American history. LITTLETON WASHINGTONS JOURNAL IS REFERENCED NUMEROUS TIMES IN WILLIAM C. DAVIS NEW HISTORY OF THE CONFEDERACY "LOOK AWAY!" About the Editor: Douglas Lee Gibboney is the author of several books, including "Stonewall Jackson at Gettysburg," "Murder at Cleaver Stadium" and "Tragic Glory." His CD of original songs, "Guitars, Girls & Motels," is available through Amazon.com.

Tia Lugo Speaks No Evil
Tia Lugo Speaks No Evil

Author: Danette Vigilante

Publisher: North Star Editions, Inc.

Published: 2021-08-17

Total Pages: 154

ISBN-13: 163163576X

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Tia Lugo, an asthmatic thirteen-year-old Puerto Rican girl living in NYC, witnesses a murder late one night from her bedroom window. Terrified the killer will do anything to keep her silent and desperate to find the courage to speak out, Tia turns to her grandmother's favorite shopping spot: the botanica.

World War II in Europe, Africa, and the Americas, with General Sources
World War II in Europe, Africa, and the Americas, with General Sources

Author: Loyd Lee

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 1997-08-21

Total Pages: 546

ISBN-13: 0313033145

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A broadly interdisciplinary work, this handbook discusses the best and most enduring literature related to the major topics and themes of World War II. Military historiography is treated in essays on the major theaters of military operations and the related themes of logistics and intelligence, while political and diplomatic history is covered in chapters on international relations, resistance movements, and collaboration. The volume analyzes themes of domestic history in essays on economic mobilization, the home fronts, and women in the military and civilian life. The book also covers the Holocaust. This handbook approaches each topic from a global viewpoint rather than focusing on individual national communities. Except for nonprint material, the literature, research, and sources surveyed are primarily those available in English. The volume is aimed at both experts on the war and the general academic community and will also be useful to students and serious laymen interested in the war.

Love You to Death
Love You to Death

Author: Max McCamish

Publisher: BLKDOG Publishing

Published: 2020-05-23

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13:

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Alex Keen has never felt anything. No sadness, no happiness, no anger, and certainly no love; that's the way Alex prefers it. One day, a chance encounter changes everything, and suddenly emotionless, empty Alex is developing painful, longing feelings for someone- and that just won't do. So, like everyone else who's gotten in Alex's way before, there seems to be just one thing to do to the man Alex suddenly loves: kill him. Of course, killing the one and only person you’ve ever loved isn’t that simple, and a past riddled with murder is going to get noticed. One of Alex’s past victims has family left behind who want revenge, and even with unexpected help, Alex’s options for dealing with the justice closing in on them are slim- especially when they’re in the middle of committing another murder. But Alex has to kill him. How else are they meant to escape the pain of love?