PRISON LIFE AND REFLECTIONS; or, A NARRATIVE of the ARREST, TRIAL, CONVICTGION, IMPRISONMENT, TREATMENT. OBSERVATION, REFLECTIONS, AND DELIVERANCE of WORK, BURR, AND THOMPSON, who suffered an UNJUST AND CRUEL IMPRISONMENT IN MISSOURI PENITENTIARY, for ATTEMPTING TO AID SOME SLAVES TO LIBERTY. (THREE PARTS IN ONE VOLUME)
by THOMPSON, GEORGE
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HARTFORD: A. WORK, 1855. Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 377 p. Copyright 1855. Book description: Brown publishers cloth hardbound, blind stamped design on boards, title embossed/stamped on spine cover, frontispiece woodcut engraving opposite title page. Dimensions: 7 3/4" x 5" x 1 1/8". Book condition: Good; (8) small areas of worming effect rear board, majority peripheral edges around lightly sunned spine expose inner (intact), inner board exposed at bumped corner tips, end papers appear replaced with newer yellow paper, strong square spine, leaf edge a bit browned, clean age toned pages. A nice solid copy.
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Full title: "Prison Life and Reflections; Or, A Narrative Of The Arrest, Trial, Conviction, Imprisonment, Treatment, Observations, Reflections, And Deliverance Of Alanson Work, James E. Burr And George Thompson, Who Suffered An Unjust And Cruel Imprisonment In Missouri Penitentiary, For Attempting To Aid Some Slaves To Liberty."
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- PRISON LIFE AND REFLECTIONS; or, A NARRATIVE of the ARREST, TRIAL, CONVICTGION, IMPRISONMENT, TREATMENT. OBSERVATION, REFLECTIONS, AND DELIVERANCE of WORK, BURR, AND THOMPSON, who suffered an UNJUST AND CRUEL IMPRISONMENT IN MISSOURI PENITENTIARY, for ATTEMPTING TO AID SOME SLAVES TO LIBERTY. (THREE PARTS IN ONE VOLUME)
- Author
- THOMPSON, GEORGE
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
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- A. WORK
- Place of Publication
- HARTFORD
- Date Published
- 1855
- Pages
- 377
- Keywords
- Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies)", Social History, 19th Century, Civil War Period (1850-1877)
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