Rogues, Vagabonds, & Sturdy Beggars
Rogues, Vagabonds, & Sturdy Beggars

Author: Arthur F. Kinney

Publisher: Univ of Massachusetts Press

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780870237188

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The Elizabethan age was one of unbounded vitality and exuberance; nowhere is the color and action of life more vividly revealed than in the rogue books and cony-catching (confidence game) pamphlets of the sixteenth century. This book presents seven of the age's liveliest works: Walker's Manifest Detection of Dice Play; Awdeley's Fraternity of Vagabonds; Harman's Caveat for Common Cursitors Vulgarly Called Vagabonds; Greene's Notable Discovery of Cozenage and Black Book's Messenger; Dekker's Lantern and Candle-light; and Rid's Art of Juggling. From these pages spring the denizens of the Elizabethan underworld: cutpurses, hookers, palliards, jarkmen, doxies, counterfeit cranks, bawdy-baskets, walking morts, and priggers of prancers. In his introduction, Arthur F. Kinney discusses the significance of these works as protonovels and their influence on such writers as Shakespeare. He also explores the social, political, and economic conditions of a time that spawned a community of renegades who conned their way to fame, fortune, and, occasionally, the rope at Tyburn.

Rogues and Vagabonds
Rogues and Vagabonds

Author: George R. Sims

Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand

Published: 2020-08-14

Total Pages: 398

ISBN-13: 3752429747

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Reproduction of the original: Rogues and Vagabonds by George R. Sims

Rogues and Early Modern English Culture
Rogues and Early Modern English Culture

Author: Craig Dionne

Publisher: University of Michigan Press

Published: 2004-04-07

Total Pages: 425

ISBN-13: 0472113747

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A definitive collection of critical essays on the literary and cultural impact of the early modern rogue

Air Vagabonds
Air Vagabonds

Author: Anthony J. Vallone

Publisher: Smithsonian Institution

Published: 2015-05-26

Total Pages: 342

ISBN-13: 1588344657

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Air Vagabonds is the story of the amazing, true (mis)adventures of a band of rogues piloting aircraft alone into exotic and deadly destinations. In the late 1970s and through the 1980s the demand for light aircraft eclipsed anything seen before or since. This created the need for a small air force of pilots—ferry pilots—willing to fly thousands of planes to clients in every corner of the globe. Long-range solo flying is not for everyone, and it attracted a cast of eccentric, unforgettable mavericks who flew from one misadventure to the next, battling storms, desert winds, aircraft malfunctions, primitive navigational aids, loneliness, chemical imbalances, and dangerous Third World politics. Some carried on international scams and love affairs, some were lost at sea, some imprisoned by African despots. They’re all here, described with humor and high drama by one of their own, a survivor with phenomenal recall, a knack for distinguishing character from bluster, and a great ear for dialogue and aviation lore.

The Vagabond in Literature
The Vagabond in Literature

Author: Arthur Compton-Rickett

Publisher:

Published: 1906

Total Pages: 252

ISBN-13:

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"Bibliographical notes": pages 206-[207] Foreword.--Introduction: The vagabond element in modern literature--I. William Hazlitt.--II. Thomas De Quincey.--III. George Borrow.--IV. Henry D. Thoreau.--V. Robert Louis Stevenson.--VI. Richard Jefferies.--VII. Walt Whitman.

A Set of Rogues
A Set of Rogues

Author: Frank Barrett

Publisher: Sheba Blake Publishing Corp.

Published: 2022-11-04

Total Pages: 615

ISBN-13: 1222378817

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Swindlers, confidence men, hustlers, scam artists – they've been around as long as human civilization has existed, and who could possibly be more adept at carrying off a scam than a troupe of actors? In Frank Barrett's A Set of Rogues, a grizzled group of grifters are driven by greed to get involved in a series of nefarious plots and schemes. If you're in the mood to root for the bad guys, give this tumultuous tale a try. As part of our mission to publish great works of literary fiction and nonfiction, Sheba Blake Publishing Corp. is extremely dedicated to bringing to the forefront the amazing works of long dead and truly talented authors.