On the Yard
by Braly, Malcolm
Malcolm Braly (1925–1980) was born in Portland, Oregon. Abandoned by his parents, Braly lived between foster homes and institutions for delinquent children, and by the time he was forty had spent nearly seventeen years in prison for burglary, serving time at Nevada State Prison, San Quentin, and Folsom State Prison. He wrote three novels behind bars, Felony Tank (1961),Shake Him Till He Rattles (1963), and It’s Cold Out There(1966), and upon his release in 1965 began to work on On the Yard. When prison authorities learned of the book they threatened to revoke his parole, and he was forced to complete it in secret. Published in 1967, after Braly’s parole had expired, On the Yard received wide acclaim. It was followed by his autobiography, False Starts: A Memoir of San Quentin and Other Prisons (1976), and a final work of fiction, The Protector(1979). Malcolm Braly enjoyed fifteen years of freedom before his death in a car accident at age fifty-four.Jonathan Lethem is the author of seven novels, including Motherless Brooklyn and The Fortress of Solitude. He lives in Brooklyn and in Maine.
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Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. 344pp. Black cloth stamped in red on the spine panel. Signed and inscribed by Braly on the front free endpaper in the year of publication: "Christmas / 1967 / To Mordecai / All fortune among the Phillistines. (sic) / Malcolm." Upper corner of text block and lower corner of rear… Read more about this item Item Price
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ON THE YARD: A NOVEL
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NY: Penguin Books. Very Good. 1979. Reprint. Paperback. 1.0 X 1.0 X 1.0 inches. VERY GOOD CONDITION , name inner cover "MARC FENTY"... ; COVER PHOTO SHOWS 3 MEN INTAN COLORED HOT AIR BALOON, PRISON CELL BARS BACKGROUND. Cover blurb "NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE"... BLACK & WHITE TITLES ON ORANGE SPINE STRIP. 1/2" PENGUIN IN ORANGE… Read more about this item Item Price
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Boston: Little, Brown & Company. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1967. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. A sticker ghost to the verso of the half-title page. A smudge to the top of the page edges, and minor rubbing to the spine. Life in prison is the subject of Braly's classic, written while incarcerated at San Quentin.… Read more about this item Item Price
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On the Yard (New York Review Books Classics) (Ign Departement Maps)
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On the Yard: A Novel
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On the Yard
by Malcolm Braly
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On the Yard
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On The Yard (Fawcett Crest 75 cent - T1163)
by Malcolm Braly
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On the Yard (New York Review Books Classics) (Ign Departement Maps)
by Malcolm Braly
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