xxviii, 31-378 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), ports., plans, facsims. ; 24 cm.

Machine generated contents note: 1.Finding His Way -- Family Background -- Childhood and Growing Up -- Part of the Howard Family Tree -- Part of the Whitbread Family Tree -- 2.The Young Adult -- Alone -- The Grand Tour -- Convalescence -- Marriage to Sarah -- Elected a Fellow of the Royal Society --...

Contents note continued: The Making of the Sheriff -- First Prisoners, First Prisons -- 7.Researching and Travelling -- The Interest Becomes an Obsession -- Potential Dangers -- Itinerary for 1774 -- Upbringing, Education, Religion -- Desire to Do Good and Relieve Suffering -- Obsession -- Loss and...

Contents note continued: What Howard Learned Abroad -- But What About Language? -- 11.Prisoners-of-War; Scottish and Irish Prisons; Hulks; Gaol-Fever, etc. -- Prisoners-of-War in England -- Scottish and Irish Prisons -- Hulks on the Thames -- Remarks on the Gaol-Fever -- Howard's Conclusions -- 12.T...

Contents note continued: 15.Back to Cardington -- Freedom -- Jack -- Problems of Popularity -- Gaols, Charter Schools and Honours -- In Ireland -- The Book About Lazarettos -- Howard Contradicted -- More About Howard's Book on Lazarettos -- Tuscan Laws -- 16.The Last Journey -- Preparation -- Jack A...