The Devil's Front Porch"The vivid recollections of a man who for thirty years was an inmate of the Kansas State Penitentiary at Lansing..."--Jacket. |
Contents
Early Days at the Kansas State Penitentiary | 3 |
Initiation at the Devils Front Porch | 28 |
The Mine | 43 |
Copyright | |
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