Bibliograph

Sing Sing, the inside story of a notorious prison, Denis Brian

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Sing Sing, the inside story of a notorious prison, Denis Brian

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-257) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Sing Sing

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

61130715

Responsibility statement

Denis Brian

Sub title

the inside story of a notorious prison

Table Of Contents

Riding the tiger, 1821-1839 -- Another reign of terror, 1840-1859 -- Abraham Lincoln passes through, 1860-1887 -- Thomas Edison promotes his rival's electric chair, 1887-1904 -- The convict who trapped himself, and the great river disaster, 1904-1914 -- Warden Osborne--the voluntary prisoner, 1913-1920 -- Warden Lawes and the rose man of Sing Sing, 1920-1929 -- Murder incorporated and the movies, 1930-1949 -- The Lonely Hearts Killers and the Rosenbergs, 1950--1982 -- Riots and reforms, 1980s and 1990s -- Recovering the prison's missing archives -- Sing Sing in the twenty-first century -- Afterword: Sing Sing today and tomorrow

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