"... A Swiftian tribute ... not only of hanging but of electrocution, decapitation, and gassing; of innocent men executed and of executions botched; of the bloodlust of mobs and political expedients of the great."--Cover.
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New York Review of Books
2001
Finally definitive ed., diligently compared and rev. in accordance with the most recent developments in the art.
Putnam
1955
3rd ed.
Freedom Press
1948
Finally definitive ed. diligently compared and revised in accordance with the most recent developments in the art.
Journeyman Press
1981