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An Echo from Wakefield Jail: Being the Career of Fiddler Joss, as narrated by himself in the Odd Fellow's Hall, Birmingham, on Thursday, February 20th, 1868

An Echo from Wakefield Jail: Being the Career of Fiddler Joss, as narrated by himself in the Odd Fellow's Hall, Birmingham, on Thursday, February 20th, 1868

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An Echo from Wakefield Jail: Being the Career of Fiddler Joss, as narrated by himself in the Odd Fellow's Hall, Birmingham, on Thursday, February 20th, 1868

by Poole, Joshua

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Birmingham L. D., Clarke, Kingston Road, printed by W. G. Proverbs, Ledsam Street, 1868. 18 mo (16 cm), printed purple wrappers. 31 pp., song lyrics on back wrapper. A tale of spiritual redemption by a fiddler nicknamed "Fiddler Joss" (given name Joshua Poole), an ex-con who found the Lord in the Wakefield Jail (West Yorkshire, England) and toured giving inspirational speeches to organizations such as the Odd Fellows. The song printed on the back wrapper is entitled "The Prison Bell. Sung by Fiddler Joss." CONDITION: Soiled wrappers, bumping with 1 cm loss at corners, worn at extremities, creases on back wrapper, foxing throughout, spine and contents intact.

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Title
An Echo from Wakefield Jail: Being the Career of Fiddler Joss, as narrated by himself in the Odd Fellow's Hall, Birmingham, on Thursday, February 20th, 1868
Author
Poole, Joshua
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Birmingham L. D., Clarke, Kingston Road, printed by W. G. Proverbs, Ledsam Street, 1868

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