1989 · Orwigsburg, PA
by CHANDLER, Roy F. and E.F. Chandler
Orwigsburg, PA: Bacon and Freeman Publishers, 1989. No edition stated. Octavo (23cm); printed card wrappers; 132,[4]pp. Light rubbing and wear to extremities, else a fresh, Near Fine copy. "This is a book about Alcatraz before prisoners controlled their own cell lights - before they had radios and talked as they wished. We write here of the prison's first four years, 1934-1938, when the big names and the hard guys were in residence" (pp.7-8). The reminiscences of one of the prison's first guards, as told to his son. (Inventory #: 44369)