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Anthony Vaver

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Born

The United States

Website

http://www.earlyamericancrime.com/

Genre

History, Nonfiction

Influences

Erik Larson, Nathaniel Philbrick, Kirkpatrick Sale ...more

Member Since

May 2009

URL

https://www.goodreads.com/anthony_vaver

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I am the author of "Early American Criminals" and the Amazon bestseller "Bound with an Iron Chain," a book about convict transportation from Great Britain to colonial America. I am also the author and publisher of EarlyAmericanCrime.com, a website that explores crime, criminals, and punishments from America’s past. I have a Ph.D. from the State University of New York at Stony Brook and an M.L.S. from Rutgers University. I have never spent a night in jail, but I was once falsely accused of shoplifting.

My profile picture is of me in London at Blackfriars, where convicts in the 18th century left for America. ...more

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Anthony Vaver's Blog

Read My Article on Convict Transportation in New Politic

An article I recently wrote for the British online magazine, New Politic, is now available online. The article, “The Criminal Origins of the United States of America,” is about British convict transportation to America, which took place between the years 1718 and 1775, and is the subject of my book, Bound with an Iron Chain: The Untold Story of How the British Transported 50,000 Convic

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Anthony Vaver’s books

Average rating: 4.12 · 58 ratings · 10 reviews · 4 distinct works

	Bound with an Iron Chain: The Untold Story of How the British Transported 50,000 Convicts to Colonial America 4.11 avg rating — 56 ratings — published 2011 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Early American Criminals: An American Newgate Calendar, Chronicling the Lives of the Most Notorious Criminal Offenders from Colonial America and the New Republic 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2014 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Rebellion Begins: Westborough and the Start of the American Revolution 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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