Tall Walls and High Fences
by Bob Alexander and Richard K. Alford
University of North Texas Press, 2020
Cloth: 978-1-57441-807-1 | eISBN: 978-1-57441-816-3
Library of Congress Classification HV9475.T4A54 2020
Dewey Decimal Classification 365.9764
TOC
Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication Page
Contents
Foreword
Preface & Acknowledgments
1. “Punishment of the Refractory”
2. “Muzzle the Guard”
3. “Afraid They will Kill Me”
4. “Until His Body be Dead”
Photo Gallery I, Courtesy the Texas Prison Museum
5. “Just like Anybody’s Grandmother”
6. “Only Themselves to Blame”
7. “Put Them on the Spot”
8. “So He can Better Handle a Shotgun”
Photo Gallery II, Courtesy the Texas Prison Museum
9. “Before He Whacks You”
10. “Guts, Heart—and Six Rounds”
11. “Not Dealing with Sunday School Kids”
12. “An Unwilling Pioneer”
Photo Gallery III, Courtesy the Texas Prison Museum
13. “Violent Convicts Commit Violent Acts”
14. “Nothin’ Left to Lose”
15. “Die an Outlaw’s Death”
Appendix A: Fallen Heroes and Heroines
Appendix B: Talking the Talk: A Prison Glossary
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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