Scherler Harold (28 results)

Condition: very_good. Gently read. May have name of previous ownership, or ex-library edition. Binding tight; spine straight and smooth, with no creasing; covers clean and crisp. Minimal signs of handling or shelving. 100% GUARANTEE! Shipped with delivery confirmation, if you're not satisfied with purchase please return item! Ships USPS Media Mail. Cover Design-Harold Scherler (illustrator).…

Condition: good. A copy that has been read, remains in good condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine and cover show signs of wear. Pages can include notes and highlighting and show signs of wear, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. 100% GUARANTEE! Shipped with delivery confirmation, if you're not satisfied with purchase please return item! Ships via media mail. Scherler, Harold R (illustrator).…

Paperback. Condition: New. This is a new book. All orders ship by next business day! We are a small company and very thankful for your business. Cover Design-Harold Scherler (illustrator).

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

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Paperback. Condition: Good. Stroud had received permission from the warden at Alcatraz to write a penal history, but bureaucrats in Washington, D.C., balked when they reviewed his manuscript. The top brass hastily created new rules for inmate authors, forbidding the publication of any inmate's work that was obscene, criticized the prison system, or glorified crime. Stroud was transferred in 1959 to the US Federal Medical Prison for chronically ill inmates in Springfield, Missouri, where he died in November, 1963. Martin, the Missouri attorney, was named administrator of Stroud's estate and gained custody of the manuscripts in lieu of compensation for his legal services. Martin tried to hawk the prison history manuscript to publishers, but they expressed little or no interest. Some said it was too long. Others were afraid of being sued for libel because Stroud wrote about living people -- corrupt prison officials, sadistic guards and brutalized prisoners, Martin said. Others said no one was interested in the prison system, or that history doesn't sell. Some of the great stories in literature are prison stories. I guess they hadn't read 'The Count of Monte Cristo' or 'The Gulag Archipelago, ' Martin said. Martin insists that Stroud's observations on the U.S. prison system are still relevant today. I think it's a work of great social value. We're still trying to answer the questions that Stroud raised, he said. The number of Americans incarcerated is greater than ever before. It costs a lot of money to incarcerate people. What do we get in return for it? Do we get a better person than what went in, or a worse person. DeMan, Deborah (illustrator).…

Paperback. Condition: Good. Stroud had received permission from the warden at Alcatraz to write a penal history, but bureaucrats in Washington, D.C., balked when they reviewed his manuscript. The top brass hastily created new rules for inmate authors, forbidding the publication of any inmate's work that was obscene, criticized the prison system, or glorified crime. Stroud was transferred in 1959 to the US Federal Medical Prison for chronically ill inmates in Springfield, Missouri, where he died in November, 1963. Martin, the Missouri attorney, was named administrator of Stroud's estate and gained custody of the manuscripts in lieu of compensation for his legal services. Martin tried to hawk the prison history manuscript to publishers, but they expressed little or no interest. Some said it was too long. Others were afraid of being sued for libel because Stroud wrote about living people -- corrupt prison officials, sadistic guards and brutalized prisoners, Martin said. Others said no one was interested in the prison system, or that history doesn't sell. Some of the great stories in literature are prison stories. I guess they hadn't read 'The Count of Monte Cristo' or 'The Gulag Archipelago, ' Martin said. Martin insists that Stroud's observations on the U.S. prison system are still relevant today. I think it's a work of great social value. We're still trying to answer the questions that Stroud raised, he said. The number of Americans incarcerated is greater than ever before. It costs a lot of money to incarcerate people. What do we get in return for it? Do we get a better person than what went in, or a worse person. DeMan, Deborah (illustrator).…

Condition: acceptable. Book is considered to be in acceptable condition. The actual cover image may not match the stock photo. Book may have one or more of the following defects: noticeable wear on the cover dust jacket or spine; curved, dog eared or creased page s ; writing or highlighting inside or on the edges; sticker s or other adhesive on cover; CD DVD may not be included; and book may be a former library copy. DeMan, Deborah (illustrator).…

Condition: New. DeMan, Deborah (illustrator).

Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. Looking Outward: A Voice from the Grave. DeMan, Deborah (illustrator). Book.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition. DeMan, Deborah (illustrator).

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Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition. DeMan, Deborah (illustrator).

Condition: New. pp. 286. DeMan, Deborah (illustrator).

Condition: New. pp. 286. DeMan, Deborah (illustrator).

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Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 226 pages. 8.00x5.00x0.51 inches. This item is printed on demand.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 2nd edition. 210 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.48 inches. This item is printed on demand.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 46 pages. 8.00x5.00x0.11 inches. This item is printed on demand. Scherler, Harold (illustrator).

Paperback / softback. Condition: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days. Scherler, Harold (illustrator).

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 56 pages. 8.00x5.00x0.13 inches. In Stock. This item is printed on demand. Scherler, Harold (illustrator).

Paperback / softback. Condition: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days. DeMan, Deborah (illustrator).

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. edition 2 edition. 378 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.86 inches. In Stock. This item is printed on demand. Scherler, Harold (illustrator).

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. In the fall of 1933 swindlers entered Union Parish, Louisiana, to implement a bizarre scheme that separated many Blacks from hard-earned money. Targeting Blacks only, the scheme played upon the resentments flowing from legally sanctioned segregation of the races and promised to them land, livestock and white wives. Leaving with their ill-gotten loot, they left behind them heartache and bloodshed. Based upon a research paper that is appended to the book, this work of historical fiction depicts the raw emotions and lawless reactions that followed the discovery of what a newspaper called "one of the weirdest racketeering schemes ever unearthed by local or government agents." The two white men running the scam swore Blacks into a supposed secret society and promised that the federal government would assist them in a forcible takeover from Whites. Membership fees were required, with the understanding that those who paid higher fees would receive more when the takeover came. Discovery of the scheme brought lawless reprisal by many Whites in a parish whose sheriff was out of favor with the Huey P. Long political machine. Being out of favor meant that he was not able to hire needed deputies. One of Blacks who lived through that period called it "trying times." This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. Scherler, Harold (illustrator).…