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Conyes, Alfred, 1852-

Fifty years in Sing Sing : a personal account, 1879-1929 / Alfred Conyes ; edited by Penelope Kay Jarrett ; foreword by Ted Conover. - 1 online resource - Excelsior Editions . - Excelsior editions. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments and Editorial Note -- Note -- Foreword to the Original Manuscript by Lewis Lawes -- Prelude -- Destiny Carved in Stone -- Clinton Prison: An Inside Portrait -- Sing Sing Prison�Now and Then -- Lost Souls Sewing on Soles -- To Be Put to Death -- Holding the Line -- The High Cost of Freedom: Leaving Sing Sing, Leaving This Earth -- A Promise to Be Kept -- A Narrow Escape, Suicide, and Tragedy -- Do Good and Make Good -- Better Alive Than Dead You Killed an Innocent Man Editor�s note -- Notes


English.

ISBN: 9781438454245 (electronic bk.) 1438454244 (electronic bk.)

Subjects--Personal Names:
Conyes, Alfred, 1852-
Conyes, Alfred, 1852-

Subjects--Corporate Names:
Sing Sing Prison--History.
Sing Sing Prison.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Correctional personnel--New York (State)--Biography.
Prisoners--History.--New York (State)
Corrections--History.--New York (State)
Services correctionnels--Personnel--New York (État)--Biographies.
Prisonniers--Histoire.--New York (État)
Services correctionnels--Histoire.--New York (État)
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--Social Scientists & Psychologists.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Penology.
Correctional personnel.
Corrections.
Prisoners.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
New York (State)

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Autobiography
Biography
Electronic books.
Biographies.
History.
Autobiographies.
Biographies.
Autobiographies.
Biographies.

LC Class. No.: HV9468.C66 / A3 2015eb

Dewey Class. No.: 365/.6092