{"product_id":"spring-heeled-jack-j-s-mackley-9781917130035","title":"Spring-Heeled Jack: Articles and Short Fiction (1838-1897)","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1838, Londoners were gripped by fear of a strange figure said to leap over walls, breathe fire, and terrify young women: Spring-Heeled Jack. Over the next six decades, this shadowy figure transformed from a ghostly attacker to a trickster hero, an avenger, and even a figure of theatrical entertainment. \u003cem\u003eSpring-Heeled Jack: Articles and Short Fiction (1838-1897)\u003c\/em\u003e collects some of the earliest surviving short fiction, articles, and cultural responses to one of the most notorious figures of Victorian urban legend.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis third volume in the \u003cem\u003eSpring-Heeled Jack Library\u003c\/em\u003e begins with the earliest documented appearances of Jack, including the \"Resident of Peckham\" letter to the Lord Mayor of London and Franklin's \u003cem\u003eMiscellany\u003c\/em\u003e article that helped spark the legend. It then follows Jack's literary trail through short stories, morality tales, popular magazines, dime novels, dialect stories, and sensational fiction, charting how his image evolved through print culture and performance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIncluded are: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eThe Spring Jack\u003c\/em\u003e (1838)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSelections from \u003cem\u003eThe Boy's Standard\u003c\/em\u003e (1878), attributed to George Augustus Sala\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eArticles from \u003cem\u003eAll the Year Round\u003c\/em\u003e (1884)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eSpring Heel Jack, or the Masked Mystery of the Tower\u003c\/em\u003e (1885) by Thomas Hoyer Monstery\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe \"Dialect Story\" (1888) inspired by Wigan sightings\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eThe Mystery of Spring Heel Jack, or The Haunted Grange\u003c\/em\u003e (1897) by S. Clarke Hooke\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEditor J.S. Mackley provides a detailed introduction situating each text within its historical and cultural context. Drawing on contemporary press reports, penny dreadfuls, dime novels, and folk memory, this volume reveals how Spring-Heeled Jack blurred the lines between urban legend, Gothic fiction, popular entertainment, and social anxiety in nineteenth-century Britain.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeticulously curated, this collection offers both scholars and enthusiasts an unparalleled resource on the evolution of the Jack mythos - from terrifying phantom to sensational hero.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e J. S. Mackley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1917130031\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781917130035\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Isengrin Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 370\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.14lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.25h x 6.13w x 0.77d","brand":"J. S. Mackley","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48447112052991,"sku":"9781917130035","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bf072de0-65c8-4bc9-8554-d80d617115ed.jpg?v=1777228903","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/spring-heeled-jack-j-s-mackley-9781917130035","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}