Memoirs

by Stephen Burroughs

$4,800 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books · No longer available

First edition

Contemporary sheep, morocco spine labels. First edition, with the rare second volume, of the memoirs of the notorious counterfeiter. Burroughs 1765-1840 was born in Hanover, New Hampshire, the son of a Congregational minister, and quickly gained a reputation as a troublesome child. Streeter says, One of the great criminal autobiographies, and an important piece of picaresque Americana. Prior to his reformation, Burroughs enlisted in the army at age 14, later

• Binding: Leather

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