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Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist by Alexander Berkman (2017, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherA + K Press
ISBN-101849352526
ISBN-139781849352529
eBay Product ID (ePID)221520982
Product Key Features
Book TitlePrison Memoirs of an Anarchist
Number of Pages550 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicUnited States / 20th Century, General, Social Activists, Political, Penology
Publication Year2017
IllustratorYes
GenreSocial Science, Biography & Autobiography, History
AuthorAlexander Berkman
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1.4 in
Item Weight26.1 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Dewey Edition20
Dewey Decimal335/.83/092 B
Table Of ContentIntroduction, by Jessica Moran and Barry Pateman Part I The Awakening and Its Toll Chapter 1. The Call of the Homestead Chapter 2. The Seat of War Chapter 3. The Spirit of Pittsburgh Chapter 4. The Attentat Chapter 5. The Third Degree Chapter 6. The Jail Chapter 7: The Trial Part II The Penitentiary Chapter 1. Desperate Thoughts Chapter 2. The Will to Live Chapter 3. Spectral Silence Chapter 4. A Ray of Light Chapter 5. The Shop Chapter 6. My First Letter Chapter 7. Wingie Chapter 8. To the Girl Chapter 9. Persection Chapter 10. The Yegg Chapter 11: The Route Sub Rosa Chapter 12. Zuchthausblothen Chapter 13: The Judas Chapter 14. The Dip Chapter 15. The Urge of Sex Chapter 16. The Warden's Threat Chapter 17. The "Basket" Cell Chapter 18. The Solitary Chapter 19. Memory -- Guests Chapter 20. A Day in the Cell-House Chapter 21. The Deeds of the Good to the Evil Chapter 22. The Grist of the Prison-Mill Chapter 23. The Scales of Justice Chapter 24. Thoughts That Stole Out of Prison Chapter 25. How Shall the Depths Cry? Chapter 26. Hiding the Evidence Chapter 27. Love's Dungeon Flower Chapter 28. For Safety Chapter 29. Dreams of Freedom Chapter 30. Whitewashed Again Chapter 31. "And By All Forgot, We Rot and Rot" Chapter 32. The Deviousness of Reform Law Applied Chapter 33. The Tunnel Chapter 34. The Death of Dick Chapter 35. An Alliance with the Birds Chapter 36. The Underground Chapter 37. Anxious Days Chapter 38. "How Men Their Brothers Maim" Chapter 39. A New Plan of Escape Chapter 40. Done to Death Chapter 41. THe Shock at Buffalo Chapter 42. Marred Lives Chapter 43. "Passing the Love of a Woman" Chapter 44. Love's Daring Chapter 45. The Bloom of "The Barren Staff" Chapter 46. A Child's Heart-Hunger Chapter 47. Chum Chapter 48. Last Days Part III The Workhouse Part IV The Resurrection Appendix: Berkman's Diary Index
Synopsis"A book of rare power and beauty, majestic in its structure, filled with the truth of imagination and the truth of actuality, emphatic in its declarations and noble in its reach."--Bayard Boyesen, Mother Earth . "No other book discusses so frankly the criminal ways of the closed prison society."-- Kenneth Rexroth In 1892, Alexander Berkman tried to assassinate Henry Clay Frick for the latter's role in violently suppressing the Homestead Steel Strike. Berkman's attempt was unsuccessful. Berkman spent the next fourteen years in Pennsylvania's Western Penitentiary. Upon release, he wrote what was to become a classic of prison literature, and a profound testament to human courage in the face of oppression. This new edition of his account of those years is introduced and fully annotated by Barry Pateman and Jessica Moran, both former associate editors of the Emma Goldman Papers at the University of California Berkeley. Their efforts make this the definitive version of Berkman's tale of his transformation within prison, his growing sympathy for those he'd considered social parasites, and the intimate relationships he developed with them. Also includes never-before-published facsimile reprints and transcriptions of the diary Berkman kept while he wrote this book, conveying the difficulties he had reliving his experiences. Alexander Berkman (1870-1936) was a leading writer and militant in the anarchist movement and author of the classic primer What is Anarchism? Barry Pateman was associate editor of Emma Goldman: A Documentary History , and editor of Chomsky on Anarchism . He is a historian and member of the Kate Sharpley Library collective. Jessica Moran , was an assistant editor of Emma Goldman: A Documentary History . She is a member of the Kate Sharpley Library collective and is an archivist currently living and working in New Zealand., Alexander Berkman (1870 1936) was a leading writer and participant in the 20th century Anarchist movement. Introduced and annotated by former editors of the Emma Goldman Papers, this is the definitive edition of Berkman's tale of his transformation within prison, his growing sympathy for those he 'd considered 'common criminals', and the intimate relationships he developed. It is the first fully annotated edition of this classic text. This new edition also contains never-before-seen fascimile reprints and transcriptions of the diary Berkman kept while he wrote his memoir.
LC Classification NumberHX843.7.B47A3 2017
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