The Life and adventures of Bampfylde-Moore Carew, commonly called the king of the beggars : Being an impartial account of his life, from his leaving Tiverton school at the age of fifteen, and entering into a society of gipsies; wherein the motives of his conduct are related and explained: [The] great number of characters and shapes he has appeared in through Great Britain, Ireland, and several other places of Europe; with his travels twice through great part of America: giving a particular account of the origin, government, laws, and customs of the gipsies; with the method of electing their king: and a dictionary of the cant language, used by the mendicants.

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Uniform title:Apology for the life of Mr. Bampfylde-Moore Carew.
Imprint:London : printed for John Taylor, MDCCLXXXIX. [1789]
Description:204p.,plate ; 12⁰.
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10242741
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Notes:Variously attributed to Bampfylde Moore Carew, to Thomas Price, to Robert Goadby and to his wife Mrs. Goadby.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
English Short Title Catalog, N19108.
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.