Publisher's Synopsis
From the PREFACE.
THE narrative which forms the principal feature of this little volume was penned under peculiar circumstances. Such a condition as privacy has practically no existence in the Utah Penitentiary. The writing was therefore done by snatches, in the midst of varied and almost incessant noises, in the eating room, bunk-house or yard, as occasion presented or necessity demanded. This fact should perhaps be a sufficient apology for any defects it may contain. The story has one good quality, however -- it is strictly true. On that ground it is with pleasure presented to the public by
--THE AUTHOR
