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Series
Language
English
Description
"In June, 1954, eighteen-year-old Emmett Watson is driven home to Nebraska by the warden of the juvenile work farm where he has just served fifteen months for involuntary manslaughter. His mother long gone, his father recently deceased, and the family farm foreclosed upon by the bank, Emmett's intention is to pick up his eight-year-old brother, Billy, and head to California where they can start their lives anew. But when the warden drives away, Emmett...
8) Prisons
Series
Publisher
Greenhaven Press
Pub. Date
[2000]
Physical Desc
176 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
9) The convict
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
[1977]
Physical Desc
xiv, 297 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
10) The road
Author
Series
Publisher
University of Tennessee Press
Pub. Date
[1998]
Physical Desc
vii, 401 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
14) Convicts as capital: Thomas O'Conner and the leases of the Tennessee penitentiary system, 1871-1883
Author
Pub. Date
1976
Physical Desc
pages 40-70 ; 25 cm
Language
English
Author
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (xiii, 257 pages) : illustrations, map.
Language
English
Description
"In 1868, the state of Georgia began to make its rapidly growing population of prisoners available for hire. The resulting convict leasing system ensnared not only men but also African American women, who were forced to labor in camps and factories to make profits for private investors. In this vivid work of history, Talitha L. LeFlouria draws from a rich array of primary sources to piece together the stories of these women, recounting what they endured...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
xxii, 464 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"The House of the Dead is a history of Siberia with a focus on the last four tsars (1801-1917). Daniel Beer explores the massive penal colony that became an incubator for the radicalism of revolutionaries who would one day rule Russia"--
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