John Croaker
Convict Embezzler
$73.50
- Paperback
1 pages
- Release Date
10 September 1996
Summary
John Croaker, Convict Embezzler
A book about a pioneer of accounting in Australia which reveals a life touched by scandal, embezzlement, imprisonment, mutiny, business wheeling and dealing, shipwreck and a mysterious death.
John Croaker’s life was an extraordinarily fascinating one. Born in humble but respectable circumstances in Canterbury, Kent, he was principal clerk at the Isle of Thanet Bank in Margate. In 1815 he apparently became unhinged and began cheating in the ban…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780522848946 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 052284894X |
| Author: | John Booker, Russell Craig |
| Publisher: | Melbourne University Press |
| Imprint: | Melbourne University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 1 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 10 September 1996 |
| Weight: | 294g |
| Dimensions: | 227mm x 149mm x 23mm |
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Critics Review
“And they [Booker & Craig] have produced a meticulous and beautifully written work of democratic history, exhaustive (but not exhausting) in its attention to detail.” –Australian Book Review“The result of Dr John Booker and Professor Russell Craig’s work is not only painstakingly researched but is written with warmth and love of their subject. Congratulations to them both and to all the people who helped produce this compelling and very human story. It is a must read.” –Jeanette Ridgway, Magazine for Lloyds TBS Retired Staff–Stable Companion, Issue 42, UK
About The Author
John Booker
Dr John Booker was Group Archivist for Lloyds TSB Group in London. He is the author of several books and eight commissions for The New Dictionary of National Biography.
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