Conyes, Alfred, 1852-

Fifty years in Sing Sing : a personal account, 1879-1929 / Alfred Conyes ; edited by Penelope Kay Jarrett ; foreword by Ted Conover. - Albany : Excelsior Editions, State University of New York Press, (c)2015. - 1 online resource. - Excelsior Editions .

Includes bibliographies 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 ""



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Conyes, Alfred, 1852-


Sing Sing Prison--History.


Correctional personnel--New York (State)--Biography.
Prisoners--History.--New York (State)
Corrections--History.--New York (State)
Conyes, Alfred.
Correctional personnel.
Corrections.
Prisoners.
Sing Sing Prison.


Electronic Books.

HV9468 / .F548 2015