In 1701, a criminal career came to a violent climax when Jack Hall was hanged at Tyburn Tree. His curriculum vitae is, to say the least, rather obscure: myth has it that, when still a child, Jack Hall was sold to a chimney sweep for a guinea, later became a criminal, was seized, sentenced for … Continue reading Against All Odds — “Sam Hall” and “The Man in Black”: From British Social Disparagement to American Defiant Individualism