Jacktown: History & Hard Times at Michigan’s First State Prison - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Jacktown: History & Hard Times at Michigan’s First State Prison write by Judy Gail Krasnow. This book was released on 2017. Jacktown: History & Hard Times at Michigan’s First State Prison available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Competing with the likes of Detroit and Ann Arbor, Jackson won the battle to build Michigan's first state prison in 1838. During the era of the "Big House" and industrial growth, the penitentiary's on-site factories and cheap inmate labor helped Jackson become a thriving manufacturing city. In contrast to Jacktown's beautiful Greco-Roman exterior, medieval punishments, a strict code of silence, no heat, no electricity and a lack of plumbing defined life on the inside. Author Judy Gail Krasnow shares the incredible stories of life at Jacktown, replete with sadistic wardens, crafty escapees, Prohibition's Purple Gang, a chaplain who ran a brothel and influential reformers.
Power on the Inside
Power on the Inside - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Power on the Inside write by Mitchel P. Roth. This book was released on 2020-11-05. Power on the Inside available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Power on the Inside is the first book to examine the historical development of prison gangs worldwide, from those that emerged inside mid-nineteenth-century Neapolitan prisons to the new generation of younger inmates challenging the status quo within gang subcultures today. Historian-criminologist Mitchel P. Roth examines prison gangs throughout the world, from the Americas, Oceania, and South Africa to Southeast Asia, Europe, and beyond. The book examines the many variables that influence the evolution of prison subcultures, from colonialism and population demographics to prison architecture and staff-prisoner relations. Power on the Inside features eighty historical and contemporary images and will inform professionals in the field as well as general readers who want to know more about the realities of prison gangs today.
Spiritualism in the American Civil War
Spiritualism in the American Civil War - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Spiritualism in the American Civil War write by R. Gregory Lande. This book was released on 2020-07-10. Spiritualism in the American Civil War available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. America's Civil War took a dreadful toll on human lives, and the emotional repercussions were exacerbated by tales of battlefield atrocities, improper burials and by the lack of news that many received about the fate of their loved ones. Amidst widespread religious doubt and social skepticism, spiritualism--the belief that the spirits of the dead existed and could communicate with the living--filled a psychological void by providing a pathway towards closure during a time of mourning, and by promising an eternal reunion in the afterlife regardless of earthly sins. Primary research, including 55 months of the weekly spiritual newspaper, Banner of Light and records of hundreds of soldiers' and family members' spirit messages, reveals unique insights into battlefield deaths, the transition to spirit life, and the motivations prompting ethereal communications. This book focuses extensively on Spiritualism's religious, political, and commercial activities during the war years, as well as the controversies surrounding the faith, strengthening the connection between ante- and postbellum studies of Spiritualism.
What Happened To Sandra?
What Happened To Sandra? - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook What Happened To Sandra? write by Sandra Harrison. This book was released on 2021-09-20. What Happened To Sandra? available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This is a true story of a horrific paedophile ring that led to the murder of a young girl and a survivor to tell the story. I had to let the world know the truth, as it ate away inside me like venom from a poisonous snake. My family and friends knew a completely different person, as I was really a great actress on and off stage and still can be today. It is about a young, innocent child with a life of such horrendous abuse. This book is certainly not for the weak, or the faint of heart, and it is all true, not elaborated in any way. It's sad and cruel, but there is some humour amongst the story. I do hope you enjoy or, better still, identify with this book.
Furry Nation
Furry Nation - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Furry Nation write by Joe Strike. This book was released on 2017-10-03. Furry Nation available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Winner of the 2017 Ursa Major Award for Best Non-Fiction Work! Furry fandom is a recent phenomenon, but anthropomorphism is an instinct hard-wired into the human mind: the desire to see animals on a more equal footing with people. It’s existed since the beginning of time in prehistoric cave paintings, ancient gods and tribal rituals. It lives on today—not just in the sports mascots and cartoon characters we see everywhere, but in stage plays, art galleries, serious literature, performance art—and among furry fans who bring their make-believe characters to life digitally, on paper, or in the carefully crafted fursuits they wear to become the animals of their imagination. In Furry Nation, author Joe Strike shares the very human story of the people who created furry fandom, the many forms it takes—from the joyfully public to the deeply personal— and how Furry transformed his own life.
