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In the belly of the beast : letters from prison / Jack Henry Abbott ; with an introduction by Norman Mailer.
LIBRA HV9468.A22 A37 1991 copy 2
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Abbott, Jack Henry, 1944-2002.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Abbott, Jack Henry, 1944-2002.
- Abbott, Jack Henry.
- Prisoners--United States--Biography.
- Prisoners.
- United States.
- Prisons--United States.
- Prisons.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Autobiographies.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copies 1 & 2)
- Physical Description:
- xvi pages, 4 unnumbered pages, 166 pages, 6 unnumbered pages ; 21 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Vintage Books a Division of Random House, Inc., [1991]
- Summary:
- A visionary book in the repertoire of prison literature. This is a 37-year-old man's account of 25 years behind bars.
- Contents:
- State-raised convict
- Varieties of punishment
- The hole: solitary confinement
- The prison staff
- The inmates
- Gods and drugs
- Choosing sides: Communists and Marxism
- American violence/American justice: the legal system
- Capital punishment and Gary Gilmore
- Racism in America and behind bars
- Foreign affairs
- Freedom?
- Notes:
- "Vintage Books Edition, January 1991."
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 0679732373 :
- 9780679732372
- OCLC:
- 23020567
- Online:
- Publisher description
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