In the place of justice a story of punishment and deliverance

Summary: Rideau brings to vivid life the world of the infamous Angola penitentiary and his long struggle for justice, giving his readers a searing expose of the failures of our legal system framed within his own dramatic tale of how he found meaning, purpose, and hope in prison.

Record details

ISBN: 9780307593740 (electronic bk. : Adobe Digital Editions)
ISBN: 0307593746 (electronic bk. : Adobe Digital Editions)
Physical Description: electronic resource
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1 online resource (x, 366 p., [32] p. of plates) : ill., maps.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2010.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Includes index. Description based on print version record.
Formatted Contents Note:	Ruination, 1942-1961 -- Tribulation, 1962-1970 -- Solitary, January 1972 -- The jungle, 1973-1975 -- Mentor, 1976 -- Crackdown, 1976 -- Truth behind bars, 1977-1981 -- Disillusion, 1981-1986 -- Soldiering on, 1986-1990 -- Hope, 1990-1994 -- Censorship, 1995-2001 -- Behind enemy lines, 2001-2005 -- Deliverance, 2005 -- Heaven, 2005.
System Details Note:	Requires OverDrive Media Console