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- Title
- Jack Sheppard
- Description
- This particular ballad was written approximately a full decade after Sheppard died in 1724, evidence of his lasting hold on the public imagination. The ballad mentions the highwayman Joseph "Blueskin" Blake, an accomplice of Sheppard known for his violent inclinations. Sheppard and Blake did work together to rob Jack's apprentice-master. However, the accounts of this ballad are only partially correct. Sheppard was Wood's apprentice in carpentry, but before that, he was apprenticed to William Kneebone. Kneebone, rather than Wood, was the victim of this betrayal. There is also no record of Sheppard killing Mrs. Wood.
- Call Number (click link to view in library catalog)
- IUB00693
- See Also
- Full Text Available at HathiTrust
- Authors
- Disley, Henry (printer)
- Full Title
- Jack Sheppard
- Date
- between 1860 and 1883
- From the Exhibit
- Crymes and Rhymes: Criminal Celebrities
- Publisher
- 57 High Street, St. Giles, London
- Location
- London
- Language
- English
- Rights
- This item is the physical property of the Rare Book & Manuscript Library. Intellectual property rights, including copyright, may reside with the materials' creator(s) or their heirs.
- Type
- Text
- Medium
- Ephemera
- Bibliographic Citation
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Jack Sheppard. London: Henry Disley, printer, 57, High Street, St. Giles, London, 1860. Print.