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| Introduction | ||
| Twice Born | 32 | |
| From One Who Has "Squared It" | 35 | |
| What Comes of a Bad Name? | 46 | |
| Tramps and Escapes | 52 | |
| Self-Preservation | 63 | |
| What the Burglar Faces | 66 | |
| Real Facts About the Northfield, Minnesota Bank Robbery | 76 | |
| My First Train Robbery | 87 | |
| A Thief's Code of Honor | 96 | |
| Convicts | 102 | |
| My First Crime | 106 | |
| Going to Prison | 112 | |
| Problems After Release | 114 | |
| Gambler and Blackleg | 118 | |
| I Go to Sing Sing | 124 | |
| Prison Diary | 146 | |
| Punishments | 151 | |
| Sunday in the Prison | 153 | |
| The Prisoners | 158 | |
| Under a Stamp | 165 | |
| Persons and Things "In" | 169 | |
| Concerning Punishments, General and Particular, and Their Effects | 179 | |
| Prison Slang | 183 | |
| Slang Among Convicts | 191 | |
| The Dope Habit | 198 | |
| In Stir | 203 | |
| Literary Convicts | 215 | |
| The Great Turning Point of My Life | 229 | |
| Real Reform | 234 | |
| Outside | 237 | |
| The Bright Side of Life | 239 | |
| Prayers | 242 |
| Price | Condition | Delivery | Seller | Action |
| $199.99 | Digital |
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Hugo Rodrigez
reviewed Bandits & Bibles: Convict Literature in Nineteenth-Century America, Vol. 1 on October 23, 2011
Bandits & Bibles: Convict Literature in Nineteenth-Century America, Vol. 1
This is a very colourful collection of early American prisoner writings. It covers the gamut from recollections of crimes, to prison observations, to faith converstions. Within these pages, you meet not only some intriguing personalities but their manner of thinking and describing the world in which they live. It is an insightful yet easy to read collection.
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