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• The Brooklyn Bridge Shooting: An Independent Review and Assessment (ca. 2000), by American Jewish Committee (HTML at Wayback Machine)

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• Night Stick: The Autobiography of Lewis J. Valentine, Former Police Commissioner of New York (New York: Dial Press, 1947), by Lewis J. Valentine, contrib. by Fiorello H. La Guardia (page images at HathiTrust)

• All the Way Down: The Violent Underworld of Street Gangs (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1962), by Vincent Riccio and Bill Slocum (page images at HathiTrust)

• A Book of Remarkable Criminals, by H. B. Irving (Gutenberg text)
• A Book of Scoundrels, by Charles Whibley
  • HTML at Virginia
  • Gutenberg text
• She Stands Accused, by Victor MacClure (HTML at Virginia)

• She Stands Accused, by Victor MacClure (HTML at Virginia)

• Celebrated Claimants, From Perkin Warbeck to Arthur Orton (second edition; London: Chatto and Windus, 1874) (Gutenberg text)

• Memoirs of ****, Commonly Known by the Name of George Psalmanazar, a Reputed Native of Formosa, Written by Himself, in Order to be Published After His Death (London: Printed for R. Davis, et al., 1765), by George Psalmanazar (multiple formats at archive.org)

• Know Thy Enemy: Profiles of Adversary Leaders and Their Strategic Cultures (second edition, 2003), ed. by Barry R. Schneider and Jerrold M. Post (PDF files at af.mil)

• The Sociology and Psychology of Terrorism: Who Becomes a Terrorist and Why? (1999), by Rex A. Hudson (illustrated HTML at LOC)

• The Adventures of Ralph Rashleigh, A Penal Exile in Australia, 1825-1844 (1929 text), by James Tucker (text at Gutenberg Australia)
• Ralph Rashleigh (1952 text), by James Tucker (text at Gutenberg Australia)

• The Life of Savage, by Samuel Johnson (HTML at jacklynch.net)

• Certain Other Countries: Homicide, Gender, and National Identity in Late Nineteenth-Century England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales (Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press, c2007), by Carolyn Conley (PDF at Ohio State)

• Intentions (London: Methuen and Co., 1913), by Oscar Wilde (Gutenberg text)
• Intentions: The Decay of Lying; Pen, Pencil and Poison; The Critic as Artist; The Truth of Masks (New York: Brentano's, 1905), by Oscar Wilde, contrib. by Percival Pollard
  • page images at HathiTrust
  • multiple formats at archive.org

• Capt. Cranstoun's Account of the Poisoning the Late Mr. Francis Blandy, of Henley upon Thames, Oxfordshire (London: Printed for R. Richards, ca. 1752), contrib. by Mary Blandy (page images at HathiTrust)

• Life and Bloody Career of the Executed Criminal, James Copeland, the Great Southern Land Pirate (second edition; Jackson, MS: Pilot Pub. Co., 1874), by J. R. S. Pitts
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust
• Life and Confession of the Noted Outlaw, James Copeland, Executed at Augusta, Perry County, Mississippi (c1909), by J. R. S. Pitts (page images at HathiTrust)

• The Last Public Execution in America, by Perry T. Ryan (illustrated HTML at Wayback Machine)

• The Autobiography of a Criminal (New York: Duffield and Co., 1930), by Henry Tufts, ed. by Edmund Lester Pearson (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Sketches of the Life of Joseph Mountain, a Negro, Who Was Executed at New-Haven, on the 20th Day of October, 1790, for a Rape, Committed on the 26th Day of May Last (New Haven, CT: T. and S. Green, 1790), by Joseph Mountain, ed. by David Daggett (HTML and TEI at UNC)
• Life, Last Words and Dying Speech of Stephen Smith, a Black Man, Who Was Executed at Boston This Day Being Thursday, October 12, 1797 for Burglary (1797), by Stephen Smith (HTML and TEI with commentary at UNC)
• Trials and Confessions of Madison Henderson, Alias Blanchard, Alfred Amos Warrick, James W. Seward, and Charles Brown, Murderers of Jesse Baker and Jacob Weaver, as Given by Themselves; and A Likeness of Each, Taken in Jail Shortly after Their Arrest (St. Louis: Chambers and Knapp, 1841), ed. by A. B. Chambers, contrib. by Madison Henderson, James W. Seward, Alfred Amos Warrick, and Charles Brown (illustrated HTML and TEI at UNC)

• The Last Words and Dying Speech of Edmund Fortis, a Negro Man (1795), by Edmund Fortis (HTML and TEI at UNC)

• The Life, and Dying Speech of Arthur, a Negro Man, Who Was Executed at Worcester, October 10, 1768, For a Rape Committed on the Body of One Deborah Metcalfe (1768), by Arthur (HTML and TEI at UNC)

• The Life, Crime, and Capture of John Wilkes Booth, by George Alfred Townsend (Gutenberg text)
• The Life, Crime, and Capture of John Wilkes Booth: With a Full Sketch of the Conspiracy of Which He Was the Leader, and the Pursuit, Trial and Execution of His Accomplices (New York: Dick and Fitzgerald, ca. 1865), by George Alfred Townsend
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • photocopy edition: page images at HathiTrust

• Through the Shadows With O. Henry (New York: H. K. Fly Co., c1921), by Al Jennings
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust

• Vida y Aventuras del Más Célebre Bandido Sonorense, Joaquín Murrieta, y Sus Grandes Proezas en el Estado de California (sixth edition, in Spanish; Los Angeles: C. G. Vincent and Co., 1923), by Ireneo Paz
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust

• Hanging the Sheriff: A Biography of Henry Plummer, by R. E. Mather and F. E. Boswell (HTML at Wayback Machine)

• The Life of Sile Doty, 1800-1876, a Forgotten Autobiography: The Most Noted Thief and Daring Burglar of His Time (originally published 1880; edition with a new foreword published Detroit: Alved of Detroit, 1948), by Sile Doty, ed. by J. G. W. Colburn, contrib. by Randolph Greenfield Adams (page images at HathiTrust)

• Last Raid of the Daltons: A Reliable Recital of the Battle With the Bandits at Coffeyville, Kansas, October 5, 1892 (originally published 1892; reprinted with an added foreword 1954), by David Stewart Elliott (page images at HathiTrust)

• The Story of Cole Younger, by Himself: Being an Autobiography of the Missouri Guerrilla Captain and Outlaw, His Capture and Prison Life, and the Only Authentic Account of the Northfield Raid Ever Published (Chicago: The Henneberyy Co., 1903), by Cole Younger (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• The Story of the Outlaw: A Study of the Western Desperado (New York: Outing Pub. Co., 1907), by Emerson Hough
  • Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust
• Thrilling Events, Life of Henry Starr: Famous Cherokee Indian Outlaw Narrates His Many Adventures From Boyhood to Date (1914), by Henry Starr (page images at HathiTrust)

• Belle Starr, The Bandit Queen: The Career of the Most Colorful Outlaw the Indian Territory Ever Knew (published under "William Yancey Shackleford" pseudonym; Girard, KS: Haldeman-Julius Publications, c1943), by Vance Randolph (multiple formats at archive.org)

• A Narrative of the Life of Mrs. Mary Jemison, Who Was Taken by the Indians, In the Year 1755, When Only About Twelve Years of Age, and Has Continued to Reside Amongst Them to the Present Time, by James E. Seaver (Gutenberg text)

• The Life and Adventures of Nat Foster, Trapper and Hunter of the Adirondacks, by A. L. Byron-Curtiss (HTML at threerivershms.com)

• Binghamton, Its Settlement, Growth and Development, and the Factors in its History, 1800-1900 (Boston: Century Memorial Pub. Co., 1900), by William S. Lawyer
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust

• History of the City of Buffalo and Erie County, With Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Some of its Prominent Men and Pioneers (Syracuse, NY: D. Mason and Co., 1884), by H. P. Smith (PDF files at niagara.edu)

• History of Clinton and Franklin Counties, New York; With Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of its Prominent Men and Pioneers (Philadelphia: J. W. Lewis and Co., 1880), by D. Hamilton Hurd (page images at HathiTrust)

• Biographical Review: This volume contains Biographical Sketches of The Leading Citizens of Delaware County New York (1895) (HTML at dcnyhistory.org)
• The History of Delaware County (New York: W. W. Munsell, 1880) (HTML at dcnyhistory.org)

• The Centennial History of the Town of Dryden, 1797-1897, ed. by George E. Goodrich (PDF files at nysed.gov)

• History of the City of Buffalo and Erie County, With Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Some of its Prominent Men and Pioneers (Syracuse, NY: D. Mason and Co., 1884), by H. P. Smith (PDF files at niagara.edu)

• History of Clinton and Franklin Counties, New York; With Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of its Prominent Men and Pioneers (Philadelphia: J. W. Lewis and Co., 1880), by D. Hamilton Hurd (page images at HathiTrust)

• Franklinville, N.Y. in Pictures and Story (c1914), by Roy W. Van Hoesen (page images at HathiTrust)

• Tagging Along: Memories of My Grandfather, James Wolcott Wadsworth, Jr. (Geneseo, NY: Published at Milne Library, SUNY College at Geneseo, c2013), by Stuart Symington (PDF and Epub with commentary at geneseo.edu)

• History of the Mohawk Valley, Gateway to the West, 1614-1925: Covering the Six Counties of Schenectady, Schoharie, Montgomery, Fulton, Herkimer, and Oneida (4 volumes; Chicago: S. J. Clarke, 1925), ed. by Nelson Greene
  • Volumes 1-3 (third volume in alphabetized order under "Biographies"): illustrated HTML with commentary at schenectadyhistory.org
  • page images at HathiTrust

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