My Experiences as an Executioner

By James Berry

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Journey into the chilling world of James Berry, an executioner from 1884 to 1891, who oversaw 131 hangings. In this haunting memoir, he shares not only the techniques he employed but also the poignant final moments of those he condemned. Experience the stark realities of justice and morality through Berrys eyes as he reflects on his unique and harrowing profession. - Summary by ashleighjane

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Making of an American-Jacob A. Riis
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Last Day of a Condemned-Victor Hugo
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With the Turks in Palestine-Alexander Aaronsohn
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Friendly Road, New Adventures in Contentment-Ray Stannard Baker
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Memoirs of a London Doll-Richard Henry Horne
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Boots and Saddles-Elizabeth Bacon Custer
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My Experiences as an Executioner-James Berry
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American Idyll The Life of Carlton H. Parker-Cornelia Stratton Parker
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Five Years of My Life 1894-1899-Alfred Dreyfus
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Seen and Unseen-E. Katharine Bates
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Three Years In Europe-William Wells Brown
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Among Typhoons And Pirate Craft-Lindsay Anderson
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Negro Explorer at the North Pole-Matthew A. Henson
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Demian, The Story of Emil Sinclair's Youth-Hermann Hesse
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Bachelor Girl in Burma-Geraldine Edith Mitton
Oct 17, 2026
Elephant Man and other reminiscences-Frederick Treves
Oct 16, 2026
My Southern Home or, The South and Its People-William Wells Brown
Oct 15, 2026
South African Memories-Lady Sarah Wilson
Oct 14, 2026
Doctor Johnson A Play-A. Edward Newton
Oct 13, 2026
Surgeon In Arms-Robert James Manion
Oct 12, 2026
From the Darkness Cometh the Light, or Struggles for Freedom-Lucy Ann Delaney
Oct 11, 2026
Kidnapped in London-Sun Yat-sen
Oct 10, 2026
Germany Before the War-Napoleon-Eugène Beyens
Oct 09, 2026
Chancellorsville and Gettysburg-Abner Doubleday
Oct 08, 2026
Anabasis-Xenophon
Oct 07, 2026
Old Christmas From the Sketch Book of Washington Irving-Washington Irving
Oct 06, 2026
My Confession-Leo Tolstoy
Oct 05, 2026
War-Pierre Loti
Oct 04, 2026
With the Anzacs in Cairo-Guy Thornton
Oct 03, 2026
Four-Fifty Miles to Freedom-Maurice Andrew Brackenreed Johnston, Kenneth Darlaston Yearsley
Oct 02, 2026
English Woman-Sergeant in the Serbian Army-Flora Sandes
Oct 01, 2026
Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man-James Weldon Johnson
Sep 30, 2026
Prisoner for Blasphemy-George William Foote
Sep 29, 2026
Personal Record-Joseph Conrad
Sep 28, 2026
Fighting France, from Dunkerque to Belfort-Edith Wharton
Sep 27, 2026
Andersonville Diary, Escape And List Of The Dead-John L. Ransom
Sep 26, 2026
Early History of the Airplane-Orville Wright, Wilbur Wright
Sep 25, 2026
Rogue's Life-Wilkie Collins
Sep 24, 2026
Across the Plains in 1844-Catherine Sager Pringle
Sep 23, 2026
My First Book-Various
Sep 22, 2026
In the Field (1914-1915)-Marcel Dupont
Sep 21, 2026
Diary of a Nursing Sister on the Western Front 1914-1915-Anonymous
Sep 20, 2026
Life of Chopin-Franz Liszt
Sep 19, 2026
Autobiography of George Dewey-George Dewey
Sep 18, 2026
Six Years at the Russian Court-Magaretta Eagar
Sep 17, 2026
With Fire and Sword (Byers)-Samuel H. M. Byers
Sep 16, 2026
Woman's Experiences in the Great War-Louise Mack
Sep 15, 2026
With the Empress Dowager of China-Katharine Carl
Sep 14, 2026
Zone Policeman 88; A Close Range Study of the Panama Canal and Its Workers-Harry A. Franck
Sep 13, 2026
Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest'-Roy Chapman Andrews
Sep 12, 2026
Travels of Ibn Batuta-Ibn Battuta
Sep 11, 2026
Beasts, Men and Gods-Ferdinand Ossendowski
Sep 10, 2026
Journal from Japan-Marie Stopes
Sep 09, 2026
Escape of a Princess Pat-George Pearson
Sep 08, 2026
Memoirs of Chateaubriand Volume IV-François-René de Chateaubriand
Sep 07, 2026
Elizabeth and her German Garden-Elizabeth von Arnim
Sep 06, 2026
Autobiography of a Pocket-Handkerchief-James Fenimore Cooper
Sep 05, 2026
Over Prairie Trails-Frederick Philip Grove
Aug 30, 2026
Memoir of Washington Irving-Charles Adams
Aug 29, 2026
Eighteen Months' Imprisonment-Donald Shaw
Aug 24, 2026
Roosevelt-Rondon Scientific-Expedition and the Telegraph Line Commission-Candido Mariano da Silva Rondon
Aug 23, 2026
Andersonville Diary, Escape And List Of The Dead-John L. Ransom
Aug 22, 2026
Recollections of Abraham Lincoln 1847-1865-Ward Hill Lamon
Aug 21, 2026
Travels of Ibn Batuta-Ibn Battuta
Aug 20, 2026
Gold Hunter's Experience-Chalkley J. Hambleton
Aug 19, 2026
American Idyll The Life of Carlton H. Parker-Cornelia Stratton Parker
Aug 18, 2026
Man-Eaters of Tsavo-John Henry Patterson
Aug 17, 2026
Journey of Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca-Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca
Aug 16, 2026
My Southern Home or, The South and Its People-William Wells Brown
Aug 15, 2026
Mr. Harrison's Confessions-Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
Aug 12, 2026
South African Memories-Lady Sarah Wilson
Aug 11, 2026
Two Years and Four Months in a Lunatic Asylum-Hiram Chase
Aug 10, 2026
With the Anzacs in Cairo-Guy Thornton
Aug 09, 2026
Zone Policeman 88; A Close Range Study of the Panama Canal and Its Workers-Harry A. Franck
Aug 08, 2026
Germany Before the War-Napoleon-Eugène Beyens
Aug 07, 2026
Henry More Smith The Mysterious Stranger-Walter Bates
Aug 06, 2026
Heir of Slaves; an Autobiography-William Pickens
Aug 05, 2026
Sailing Alone Around The World-Joshua Slocum
Aug 04, 2026
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