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Blood on the Tracks

A History of Railway Crime in Britain

By (author) Alan Brooke, David Brandon
Genres: True crime
Format: Hardback
Publisher: The History Press Ltd, Stroud, United Kingdom
Published: 1st May 2010
Dimensions: w 165mm h 240mm d 18mm
Weight: 564g
ISBN-10: 0752452312
ISBN-13: 9780752452319
Barcode No: 9780752452319
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Synopsis
Between 1835 and the 1850s, railway mania blossomed around Britain. Crime emerged as the railways developed, at first opportunistic crimes such as fare evasion and robberies, but gradually more inventive forms evolved, notably the minor clerk Redpath in the 1850s, whose shameless cooking of the books to live the high life exposed the lack of any kind of accountancy across the railway industry. The first train murder was not until the 1840s, and sparked great fear of foreigners as a German was charged and hanged for the crime. The outcry resulted in the communication cord being introduced to the railway carriages, so that no longer would they exist as completely separate spaces and passengers could alert the driver to any assault within. This fascinating history covers all varieties of crime on the railways and how it has changed over the years, from assaults and robberies, to theft of goods, murder, vandalism, football and other crowd activity, suicide on the line, fraud and white collar crime, and also looks at the use of railway crime in film and literature.

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