Chronicles Of San Quentin
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Chronicles Of San Quentin
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Author : Kenneth Church Lamott
language : en
Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
Release Date : 2018-12-05
Chronicles Of San Quentin written by Kenneth Church Lamott and has been published by Pickle Partners Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-12-05 with True Crime categories.
First published in 1961, writing Chronicles of San Quentin was first suggested to Kenneth Lamott during a spell as a teacher at that California prison in the 1950’s. The book not only chronicles the history and highlights of one of America’s most famous penitentiaries, but it also reflects the changes in prisons in the U.S. over the last 100 years. Calmly informing us that there were over 4,000 murders in California between 1849-1855, Lamott quickly justifies the terrible need the state had for prisons other than lax, badly run county and city jails. But San Quentin itself, which started as a floating prison hulk, was little better. Here are its famous prisoners, riots and escapes, its floggings and brutalities, its executions too. With the coming of the “New Era” penology in the 1890’s, the change to more humane and rational treatment of prisoners is shown. The Clinton Duffy era is dealt with at great length—its shortcomings are shown along with its humane virtues—and prison life including the Chessman execution, is portrayed with sympathy and understanding. A highly readable book.
Chronicles Of San Quentin The Biography Of A Prison
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Author : Kenneth Church 1923- Lamott
language : en
Publisher: Hassell Street Press
Release Date : 2021-09-09
Chronicles Of San Quentin The Biography Of A Prison written by Kenneth Church 1923- Lamott and has been published by Hassell Street Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-09-09 with categories.
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Chronicles Of San Quentin
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Author : Kenneth Church Lamott
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1963
Chronicles Of San Quentin written by Kenneth Church Lamott and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1963 with Prisons categories.
The San Quentin Chronicles
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Author : Frank Frogge
language : en
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Release Date : 2017-04-17
The San Quentin Chronicles written by Frank Frogge and has been published by Xlibris Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-04-17 with Fiction categories.
The San Quentin Chronicles is a raw, hard look at prison life as a white peckerwood and the countless days in the walls of San Quentin. It talks about heroin addiction and the price one pays behind barsfrom losing a wife to a disease to losing a daughter after getting clean. It tells how a hateful man can come back from all that bitterness and hatefulness and build a normal life, saving others like him. Its a story that will leave the readers spellbound and wanting more.
Chronicles Of San Quentin
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Author : Kenneth Lamott
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1961
Chronicles Of San Quentin written by Kenneth Lamott and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1961 with categories.
San Quentin
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Author : Bonnie L. Petry
language : en
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
Release Date : 2005-01-01
San Quentin written by Bonnie L. Petry and has been published by Wildside Press LLC this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-01-01 with Social Science categories.
The coming of statehood to California in 1850 forced the authorities to face one immediately pressing issue: what to do with the many convicts who were pouring forth from the local county courtrooms in the wake of the great Gold Rush of 1848-49. Lawlessness was everywhere rampant, and something had to be done immediately. The answer was found in establishing the first state prison at Quentin Point in Marin County, soon to be called San Quentin. Librarians Bonnie Petry and Michael Burgess have here gathered together several key documents dealing with the earliest years of the prison, including James Harold Wilkins' seminal work, "The Evolution of a State Prison," together with a list of early convict names, a bibliography of "San Quentiniana" (publications by the convicts themselves) by Herman K. Spector, and a new annotated bibliography of nonfiction resources about the prison compiled by Ms. Petry. Complete with Introduction and Index.
Behind San Quentin S Walls
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Author : William B. Secrest
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015
Behind San Quentin S Walls written by William B. Secrest and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with History categories.
It's one of the most famous prisons in American history, featured in countless movies and novels. Its inmates have included such diverse characters as Charles Manson, Sirhan Sirhan, Eldridge Cleaver, Merle Haggard, and Neal Cassady. It's the one of the oldest continually operating institutions of California state government. San Quentin State Prison is as iconic a symbol of California as the Golden Gate Bridge or the Hollywood sign, yet few people today know the prison's origins or colorful early history. Noted Old West historian William B. Secrest uncovers the forgotten beginnings of San Quentin in "Behind San Quentin's Walls: The History of the Legendary Prison and Its Inmates, 1851-1900." Going back to original source material of public records and contemporary newspaper accounts, Secrest tells of San Quentin's unlikely beginnings as a real estate scheme and its essential role in taming the violent and lawless California of Gold Rush days. "Behind San Quentin's Walls" presents the history of San Quentin as a microcosm of the settlement of California. Planned during the wildest days of Barbary Coast anarchy and Vigilante Committee lynch law in 1850s San Francisco, the state prison at San Quentin was the new state's first attempt to impose the rule of law on a violent frontier society. Featuring numerous citations from contemporary accounts, plus period photos, illustrations, newspaper clippings, and maps, Secrest chronicles the political calculations that created San Quentin; the outsize egos of the men who built it; the mismanagement and frequent escapes that marred San Quentin's early years; and the notorious ruffians and cutthroats who were housed there. Filled with exciting true stories of gunfights, brawls, prison riots, daring escapes, and intrepid manhunts, "Behind San Quentin's Walls" is also a rip-roaring Wild West tale of how men and women with immense talent for both good and evil tamed a new state and each other. "Behind San Quentin's Walls" is a bold mix of serious history and lively writing that no fan of Western history should miss.
Behind San Quentin S Walls
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Author : William B. Secrest
language : en
Publisher: Linden Publishing
Release Date : 2015-03-15
Behind San Quentin S Walls written by William B. Secrest and has been published by Linden Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-03-15 with History categories.
San Quentin is one of the most famous prisons in American history, featured in countless movies and novels, yet few know its colorful early history. In Behind San Quentin’s Walls, noted Old West historian William B. Secrest reveals the beginning of San Quentin, from its unlikely start as a real estate scheme to its essential role in taming the lawless California of the Gold Rush era. Featuring numerous citations from contemporary accounts, plus period photos, illustrations, newspaper clippings, and maps, Behind San Quentin’s Walls chronicles the political calculations that created San Quentin; the outsize egos of the men who built it; the mismanagement and frequent escapes that marred San Quentin’s early years; and the notorious ruffians and cutthroats who were housed there. Filled with exciting true stories of gunfights, brawls, prison riots, daring escapes, and intrepid manhunts, Behind San Quentin’s Walls is a rip-roaring Wild West tale of how men and women with immense talent for both good and evil tamed a new state and each other.
American Hangman
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Author : Tobin T. Buhk
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2022-09-21
American Hangman written by Tobin T. Buhk and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-09-21 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
In the 1890s, Amos Lunt served as the San Quentin hangman, tying the nooses that brought the most dangerous criminals in the Wild West to their deaths. A former police chief who became the hangman of San Quentin due to an unfortunate turn of events, Lunt stood on the gallows alongside bank robbers, desperadoes and assassins for five years. This book follows Lunt's trail from the Santa Cruz police department to the State Prison. Covering his interesting friendship with a series of death row inmates and the gradual deterioration of his sanity, it is a one-of-a-kind biography that details an American executioner. Also profiled are his subjects--20 of the West's most heinous criminals--as well as Lunt's preparations for their hangings and their final moments on the gallows.
Prison Truth
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Author : William J. Drummond
language : en
Publisher: University of California Press
Release Date : 2020-01-07
Prison Truth written by William J. Drummond and has been published by University of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-01-07 with Social Science categories.
San Quentin State Prison, California’s oldest prison and the nation’s largest, is notorious for once holding America’s most dangerous prisoners. But in 2008, the Bastille-by-the-Bay became a beacon for rehabilitation through the prisoner-run newspaper the San Quentin News. Prison Truth tells the story of how prisoners, many serving life terms, transformed the prison climate from what Johnny Cash called a living hell to an environment that fostered positive change in inmates’ lives. Award-winning journalist William J. Drummond takes us behind bars, introducing us to Arnulfo García, the visionary prisoner who led the revival of the newspaper. Drummond describes how the San Quentin News, after a twenty-year shutdown, was recalled to life under an enlightened warden and the small group of local retired newspaper veterans serving as advisers, which Drummond joined in 2012. Sharing how officials cautiously and often unwittingly allowed the newspaper to tell the stories of the incarcerated, Prison Truth illustrates the power of prison media to humanize the experiences of people inside penitentiary walls and to forge alliances with social justice networks seeking reform.