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Concrete Mama: Prison Profiles from Walla Walla
by McCoy, John
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 082620340X
- ISBN 13
- 9780826203403
- Seller
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Madison, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Columbia, Missouri: University of Missouri Press, 1981. 196pp. Light brown cloth, black lettering on the spine. Except for toning to the page extremities, this is an unread, fine copy. Black and white photographs throughout. Unclipped pictorial jacket is like new in mylar sleeve. "Journalists John McCoy and Ethan Hoffman spent four months inside the walls of the Washington State Penitentiary at Walla Walla in 1978, just as Washington, once a leader in prison reform, abandoned its focus on reform and rehabilitation and returned to cell time and punishment. It was a brutal transition. McCoy and Hoffman roamed the maximum-security compound almost at will, observing and befriending prisoners and guards. The result is a striking depiction of a community in which there was little to do, much to fear, and a culture that both mimicked and scorned the outside world. McCoy s unadorned prose and Hoffman s stunning black-and-white photographs offer as authentic a portrayal of life in the Big House as outsiders are ever likely to experience.. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Oblong 10 3/4" x 8 3/4".
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- Bookseller
- The Chatham Bookseller, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 029277
- Title
- Concrete Mama: Prison Profiles from Walla Walla
- Author
- McCoy, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 082620340X
- ISBN 13
- 9780826203403
- Publisher
- University of Missouri Press
- Place of Publication
- Columbia, Missouri
- Date Published
- 1981
- Keywords
- Photography Prison Ethan Hoffman
- Size
- Oblong 10 3/4" x 8 3/4"
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About the Seller
The Chatham Bookseller, LLC
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Madison, New Jersey
About The Chatham Bookseller, LLC
The Chatham Bookseller began in 1968, and, in 1970, opened a store at its present location in Madison, NJ. The store contains over 10,000 books in over 80 different subjects, and favors good used books and good literature (both hardcover and paperback) over popular books and bestsellers. Our Internet business began in 2001. Upon visiting the store, we can show and sell individual online titles upon request. Store hours are 10:00-5:30 (Tues.-Sat.) and 11:00-4:00 (Sun.). The business is run by Richard Chalfin.
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