| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
x, 366 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
Ruination, 1942-1961 -- Tribulation, 1962-1970 -- Solitary, January 1972 -- The jungle, 1973-1975 -- Mentor, 1976 -- Crackdown, 1976 -- Truth behind bars, 1977-1981 -- Disillusion, 1981-1986 -- Soldiering on, 1986-1990 -- Hope, 1990-1994 -- Censorship, 1995-2001 -- Behind enemy lines, 2001-2005 -- Deliverance, 2005 -- Heaven, 2005. |
| Summary |
Rideau brings to vivid life the world of the infamous Angola penitentiary and his long struggle for justice, giving his readers a searing expose of the failures of our legal system framed within his own dramatic tale of how he found meaning, purpose, and hope in prison. |
| Subject |
Rideau, Wilbert.
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Louisiana State Penitentiary -- History -- 20th century.
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African American prisoners -- Louisiana -- Biography.
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Prisoners -- Louisiana -- Biography.
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Prisoners -- Louisiana -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
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Criminal justice, Administration of -- Louisiana -- History -- 20th century.
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Corruption -- Louisiana -- History -- 20th century.
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African American journalists -- Biography.
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| ISBN |
9780307264817 |
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0307264815 |
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