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Prison Writing in 20th-Century America Paperback - 1998
by H. Bruce Franklin (Editor); Foreword by Tom Wicker
This unique collection dramatizes the history of the modern American prison with more than 60 selections--memoirs, stories, novels, poems--written in the last 100 years.
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"Harrowing in their frank detail and desperate tone, the selections in this anthology pack an emotional wallop...Should be required reading for anyone concerned about the violence in our society and the high rate of recidivism."Publishers Weekly. Includes work by: Jack London, Nelson Algren, Chester Himes,Jack Henry Abbott, Robert Lowell, Malcolm X, Mumia Abu-Jamal, and Piri Thomas.
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- Title Prison Writing in 20th-Century America
- Author H. Bruce Franklin (Editor); Foreword by Tom Wicker
- Binding Paperback
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- Pages 384
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Books, E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.A.
- Date June 1, 1998
- Features Bibliography
- ISBN 9780140273052 / 0140273050
- Weight 0.68 lbs (0.31 kg)
- Dimensions 7.78 x 5.16 x 0.92 in (19.76 x 13.11 x 2.34 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
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- Chronological Period: 20th Century
- Library of Congress subjects Prisoners, Prisons
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 97-42354
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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- Booklist, 06/15/1998, Page 1708
- Publishers Weekly, 05/04/1998, Page 203
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