An Uncommon Hangman

The life and deaths of Robert 'Nosey Bob' Howard

An Uncommon Hangman
Rachel Franks
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Paperback
h210 x 135mm - 432pg
1 May 2022 AU
International import eta 7-19 days
9781742237343
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This is the story of Robert Rice Howard (1832-1906), the man known as Nosey Bob. It is also an important chapter in the story of the changing attitudes towards capital punishment in Australia, as the country transformed from generally enthusiastic spectators at executions into campaigners for the abolition of the death penalty. These interconnected stories are told through the men, and the one woman, who met Nosey Bob under the worst possible circumstances between his first employment by the Department of Justice in 1876 and his retirement as the executioner for New South Wales in 1904. Once a household name, Nosey Bob was the most infamous public servant in Sydney: a noseless hangman who sparked fear and fascination everywhere he went. Howard has only ever been cast as an extra in someone else' s play, making frightening appearances in a felon' s final scene on the gallows. Here, for the first time, he has taken the lead.
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9781742237343
Published: 1 May 2022
Published In: Australia
Imprint: NewSouth Publishing
Publisher: NewSouth Publishing
Format: Paperback
Height: 210mm
Width: 135mm
Pages: 432

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