Prison Literature in America

Prison Literature in America
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Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages : 392
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ISBN-10 : UCSC:32106014090234
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Book Synopsis Prison Literature in America by : Howard Bruce Franklin

Download or read book Prison Literature in America written by Howard Bruce Franklin and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1989 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This greatly expanded third edition of the first full-length study of American prison literature contains much new material on current prison literature, with the Annotated Bibliography of Published Works by American Prisoners and Ex-Prisoners now twice its original size.


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