Jacktown: History & Hard Times at Michigan S First State Prison - Hardcover
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Availability:In StockContributor:Judy Gail KrasnowTheme:Cultural Region/MidwestPublish date:2/6/2017Pages:178
Languages:EnglishPublisher:History Press Library EditionsISBN-13:9781540214607ISBN-10:1540214605UPC:9781540214607Book Category:History, True Crime, PhotographyBook Subcategory:United States, Subjects & ThemesBook Topic:State & Local, HistoricalSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.44 inchesWeight:0.409Product ID:SCSHGB2PVD
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."
Languages:EnglishPublisher:History Press Library EditionsISBN-13:9781540214607ISBN-10:1540214605UPC:9781540214607Book Category:History, True Crime, PhotographyBook Subcategory:United States, Subjects & ThemesBook Topic:State & Local, HistoricalSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.44 inchesWeight:0.409Product ID:SCSHGB2PVD
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