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Curious Punishments of Bygone Days

By: Alice Morse Earle
Narrated by: Joseph Tabler
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In Cooperation with Spoken Realms

CURIOUS PUNISHMENTS OF BYGONE DAYS By ALICE MORSE EARLE. Herbert S. Stone and Co. 1896.

Narrated by Joseph Tabler

Contents

I THE BILBOES

II THE DUCKING STOOL

III THE STOCKS

IV THE PILLORY

V PUNISHMENTS OF AUTHORS AND BOOKS

VI THE WHIPPING-POST

VII THE SCARLET LETTER

VIII BRANKS AND GAGS

IX PUBLIC PENANCE

X MILITARY PUNISHMENTS

XI BRANDING AND MAIMING

All historians have some bias or slant. More can be learned about this author in her Wikipedia entry.

Audio cover picture - Alice Morse Earle in 1873 age 22. (Wikipedia)

Available Audio Books - The books I read for you may have a few extraneous sounds and will be imperfectly read and produced. Hopefully, you will excuse any defects, as these Old books are quite unlikely to become audio books otherwise and still have great value. Joseph Tabler. Aloha. Find online at archive.org

Audio copyright 2024 by Joseph Tabler.

Note - This book is 'read as written'. It was originally published in 1896. It is in the public domain.

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