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Title:

Bandits & Bibles : convict literature in nineteenth-century America / edited by Larry E. Sullivan.

Publisher:

Akashic Books,

Copyright Date:

c2003

Description:

243 p. ; 21 cm.

Subject:

Prisoners' writings, American
American literature--19th century.
Prisons--United States--History--19th century--Sources.
Ex-convicts--United States.--Biography.
Prisoners--United States.--Biography.
Ex-convicts--Literary collections.
Prisoners--Literary collections.
Prisons.--Literary collections.

Other Authors:

Sullivan, Larry E.

Contents:

Twice born / Henry O. Wills -- From one who has "squared it" / Josiah Flynt -- What comes of a bad name? / Stephen Burroughs -- Tramps and escapes / Simeon Coy -- Self-preservation / John Wesley Hardin -- What the burglar faces / Light-Fingered Jim -- Real facts about the Northfield, Minnesota bank robbery / Thomas Coleman "Cole" Younger -- My first train robbery / George Sontag -- A thief's code of honor / William Stuart -- Convicts / W.A. Coffey -- My first crime / Flave Weaver -- Going to prison / Jerry McCauley -- Problems after release / D.B. Smith -- Gambler and blackleg / Franklin Carr -- I go to Sing Sing / Number 1500 -- Prison Diary / Seth Wilbur Payne -- Punishments / D.B. Smith -- Sunday in the prison / John N. Reynolds -- The prisoners / John N. Reynolds -- Under a stamp / Langdon W. Moore -- Persons and things "In" / Julian Hawthorne -- Concerning punishments, general and particular, and their effects / A Life Prisoner -- Prison slang / Joseph "Bunko" Kelley -- Slang among convicts / Number 1500 -- The dope habit / Walter Wilson -- In stir / Light-Fingered Jim -- Literary convicts / Newspaper Reporter -- The great turning point of my life / Henry O. Wills -- Real reform / Andrea L. George -- Outside / Jerry McCauley -- The bright side of life / Franklin Carr -- Prayers / J.Wess Moore.

ISBN:

9781888451375
1888451378

OCLC:

(OCoLC)51030628
(OCoLC)52393244

LCCN:

2002116771

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)