Skirboll, Aaron, <br/><br/>
The thief-taker hangings :  how Daniel Defoe, Jonathan Wild, and Jack Sheppard captivated London and created the celebrity criminal / 
Aaron Skirboll. 
 - xvii, 302 pages :  illustrations ;  24 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/> Chronicles the invention of scandal journalism by Daniel Defoe, Jonathan Wild, and Jack Sheppard. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780762791484 (hbk.) 0762791489 (hbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2014018791 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBB4A1885  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731. <br/>Wild, Jonathan, 1682?-1725. <br/>Sheppard, Jack, 1702-1724. <br/>Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731. <br/>Sheppard, Jack, 1702-1724. <br/>Wild, Jonathan, 1682?-1725. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Chronological Terms: </label><br/>1700 - 1799 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Crime and the press--Great Britain--18th century.<br/>Sensationalism in journalism--History--Great Britain--18th century.<br/>Criminals--History--England--London--18th century.<br/>Tabloid newspapers--History--Great Britain--18th century.<br/>HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain.<br/>HISTORY / Modern / 18th Century.<br/>TRUE CRIME / General.<br/>Crime and the press.<br/>Criminals.<br/>Sensationalism in journalism.<br/>Social history.<br/>Tabloid newspapers.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>London (England)--Social conditions--18th century.<br/>England--London.<br/>Great Britain.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>History.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PN5124.C74  / S55 2014 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>070.4/493649421