Cincinnati: Hitchcock and Walden, 1850. 8vo. 7-7/16"x 4-7/8". Blind stamped brick colored cloth covered boards. 354 pp. Frontispiece engraving of the Ohio Penetentiary and several other plates presenting prison life. Some rubbing to extremities and cover. Wrinkled free front endpaper. Light scattered foxing. Tight, very good copy.. The following work, kind reader, was not premeditated, when I accepted the appointment of chaplain to the penitentiary of Ohio; but it came into my mind, at first, as a more suggestion, and grew up into its present form by the force of circumstances, rather than from calculation. Having formed, many years ago, the habit of journalizing the principal events of my life, I found myself at my old practice soon after entering upon my duties in the prison: everything in relation to the prisoners, to the officers, to the discipline of the institution, and to whatever stood connected with it, without any particular intention, was recorded; and, in this way, by the time I had been one year in my new position I had amassed matter enough, if printed as it was first written, for a large volume.

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Bookseller: Frogtown Books, Inc. (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1270
Title: Memorials of Prison Life
Author: Finley, Rev. James B
Format/Binding: 8vo. 7-7/16"x 4-7/8". Blind stamped brick colored cloth covered boards. 354 pp. Frontispiece engraving of the Ohio Penetentiary
Book Condition: Used - Some rubbing to extremities and cover. Wrinkled free front endpaper. Light scattered foxing. Tight, very good copy.
Quantity Available: 1
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Hitchcock and Walden
Place of Publication: Cincinnati
Date Published: 1850
Keywords: Ohio penetentiary

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