Publisher's Synopsis
Title: State prison life by one who has been there: in two parts, showing the horrors of the old system and the advantages of the new: together with a true and detailed account of the maltreatment and cruelties formerly practiced upon prisoners: also, shame-faced criminalities with female convicts, mutinies, murders, starvings, whippings, hair-breadth escapes, sketches and incidents, narratives and pen-pictures, sunshine and shade, illustrative of prison life.
Author: J H Banka
Publisher: Gale, Sabin Americana
Description:
Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery and exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the U.S. Civil War and other military actions, Native Americans, slavery and abolition, religious history and more.
Sabin Americana offers an up-close perspective on life in the western hemisphere, encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores of North America in the late 15th century to the first decades of the 20th century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North, Central and South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection highlights the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, contemporary opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides access to documents from an assortment of genres, sermons, political tracts, newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation, literature and more.
Now for the first time, these high-quality digital scans of original works are available via print-on-demand, making them readily accessible to libraries, students, independent scholars, and readers of all ages.
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SourceLibrary: Huntington Library
DocumentID: SABCP03317900
CollectionID: CTRG00-B956
PublicationDate: 18720101
SourceBibCitation: Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to America
Notes: Author from copyright statement on t.p. verso. "Supplement. (From 'The Louisville Daily Commercial', Friday, July 14, 1871.) The fourth of July in prison. Music, speeches, dinner, and fun--a novel celebration."--P. 539-552.
Collation: 552 p., [2] leaves of plates: ill.; 20 cm
