The Kansas Inferno / A Study Of The Criminal Problem / By A Life Prisoner

Arnold, Carl

Verlag: Wonderland Publishing Co; Wichita; 164 pp.; ; Near Fine-; 1906/nd, 1906

Carl "Cork" Arnold, smuggled the manuscript for The Kansas Inferno out of the Kansas State Penitentiary at Lansing in 1906, and had it published under the pseudonym "A Life Prisoner." _____ Preparation of a manuscript while an inmate could only have been accomplished by a resourceful individual._____ The ruse used by Carl Arnold is open to speculation. _____He had been convicted of murder at age 17 and sentenced to hang, but the governor commuted his punishment to life imprisonment. _____ Possibly because of his youth, the warden assigned him to the chaplain's office as a clerk. _____ He probably completed the manuscript for Inferno while performing duties for the chaplain, perhaps with the clergyman's cooperation._____ _______"Presents excellent photographs of the prison, cell house, library, mine, `Main Street', and dining hall. _____ Detailed description of the rules, privileges, and routines of the prison, with an essay on the laughably inadequate school . the precarious position of the chaplain, the shortsightedness and retributive attitudes of most prisoners, the convict labor spoils system. Includes reasoned and mature recommendations for reform." --Suvak 4_____Among the photos is a mugshot of F. Alexander, a black inmate who, according to the caption, was "burned at stake, Leavenworth, Jan. 15 - 1901."______We believe this copy is the first issue binding of this anonymously issued title. _____It features a front cover illustration of a convict in prison stripes and leg irons sitting on a stool, with his head in his hands in despair. _____ This mounted vignette is surrounded by a columnar facade enclosing the preliminary title. _____ Very light edge wear._____We have handled a second issue binding with only by the title and author's name printed in gold. _____ That represented the first appearance of the author's name on the work. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 12033

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Kansas Inferno / A Study Of The Criminal...
Verlag: Wonderland Publishing Co; Wichita; 164 pp.; ; Near Fine-; 1906/nd
Erscheinungsdatum: 1906
Einband: Hardcover
Zustand: Near Fine
Auflage: 1st Edition