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Author:
Horton, David M.
Title:
Walking George : the life of George John Beto and the rise of the modern Texas prison system / David M. Horton and George R. Nielsen.
Publisher:
University of North Texas Press,
Copyright Date:
c2005
Description:
xii, 257 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Beto, George John,--1916-1991.
Texas.--Dept. of Corrections--Officials and employees--Biography.
Prisons--Texas--Officials and employees--Biography.
Prison administration--Texas--History.
College teachers--Texas--Biography.
Other Authors:
Nielsen, George R.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-243) and index.
Contents:
The early years : Hysham, Montana; New Rockford, North Dakota; and Lena, Illinois (1916-1939) -- Concordia Lutheran College, Austin, Texas (1939-1959) -- The Texas prison system : the first one hundred years (1849-1953) -- The Texas Prison Board : Beto, Coffield, and Ellis (1953-1959) -- Concordia Theological Seminary, Springfield, Illinois (1959-1962) -- The Texas Department of Corrections (1962-1972) -- Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, Texas (1972-1991).
Series:
North Texas crime and criminal justice series ; no. 5
ISBN:
9781574411997 (cloth : alk. paper)
1574411993 (cloth : alk. paper)
LCCN:
2005008454
Locations:
UPAX334 -- Upper Iowa University - Henderson-Wilder Library (Fayette)

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