Hell holes and hangings /
"The Territorial prisons and penitentiaries were meant to be just a little tougher than the meanest outlaw the devil ever made -- and they were. This is the story of a selected few of these prisons, and of the taut, life-and-death dramas often played out within the shadows of their brooding wal...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Clarendon, Tex. :
Clarendon Press,
1968.
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| Summary: | "The Territorial prisons and penitentiaries were meant to be just a little tougher than the meanest outlaw the devil ever made -- and they were. This is the story of a selected few of these prisons, and of the taut, life-and-death dramas often played out within the shadows of their brooding walls. In some ways, it is a story of shame, of sadistic guards, corupt officials and a justice which was often impulsive and vengeful. But it is also a story of magnificence in the massive battle between right and wrong during America's most lawless period." -- p. VIII. |
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| Item Description: | Autographed copy. The Cushing Library/Dykes copy [A1485348793J] is part of the Jim & Theresa Earle Collection. |
| Physical Description: | ix, 170 pages ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-170). |