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Eastern State Penitentiary: A History

By Paul Kahan, Dr. Richard Fulmer (Foreword by)
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By Paul Kahan, Dr. Richard Fulmer (Foreword by)
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The only comprehensive history of one of America's most infamous prisons, Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia, PA.

Looming on the horizon like a storm cloud made of stone, the Eastern State Penitentiary spent more than a century as the fortress that both the law-abiding and criminal feared. In this superbly balanced and thoroughly researched volume, Paul Kahan presents the history of this revolutionary penitentiary, from its inception as a model of the revolutionary Pennsylvania Syste...

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