I am currently starting research for a planned book on
Oliver Curtis Perry, the train robber. I am particularly
interested in his years in Auburn Prison, Matteawan and
Dannemora. As I am based in Liverpool I am finding it
difficult to find many sources of information, having
exhausted available bibliographical resources and the
treasures of the web. I hope to visit Albany in the
Spring when I am on sabbatical but would really welcome
some suggestions of possible material on Perry. My sense
is that he is a relatively neglected figure.
If I can offer any help to closet historians of Liverpool
I will!
Thanks.

Dr Tamsin Spargo
Reader
Literature and Cultural History
MCCA
Liverpool John Moores University
Dean Walters
1 Saint James Road
Liverpool L1 7BR
Tel: 0151 2315016
Fax: 0151 2315049
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