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Jailhouse journalism : the fourth estate behind bars / James McGrath Morris ; with a new introduction by the author.
Van Pelt Library PN4888.P75 M67 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Morris, James McGrath.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Journalism, Prison--United States.
- Journalism, Prison.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 251 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New Brunswick, N.J. : Transaction Publishers, [2002]
- Contents:
- Introduction: Putting Down Doing Time 5
- 1 Forlorn Hope 19
- 2 When Luceppa Bared Her Bosom 31
- 3 The Summary 37
- 4 The Reformists' Newspapers 47
- 5 The Prison Mirror 55
- 6 The Mentor 65
- 7 The Subterranean Brotherhood 73
- 8 Federal Scribes 81
- 9 Can Opener, New Era, and the Wobblies 91
- 10 The Rose Man of Sing Sing 99
- 11 Harelike Growth 111
- 12 Chronicling Wrongful Imprisonment 119
- 13 Der Ruf 127
- 14 Leaves from a Lifer's Notebook 133
- 15 Yoke of Censorship 147
- 16 Bayou Style 157
- 17 Fighting Back 169
- 18 The First Amendment and the Prison Press 179
- 19 Prison Journalism Writes "-30-" 187
- Appendix I American Penal Press Contest Winners 1965-1990 197
- Appendix II Prison Publications by State 209.
- Notes:
- Originally published: Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, 1998.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-243) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Lipman Criminology Library Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0765808919
- OCLC:
- 47521329
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