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To Alcatraz, Death Row, and Back : Memories of an East LA Outlaw /

When Ernie López was a boy selling newspapers in Depression-era Los Angeles, his father beat him when he failed to bring home the expected eighty to ninety cents a day. When the beatings became unbearable, he took to petty stealing to make up the difference. As his thefts succeeded, Ernie's sen...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: López, Ernie (Autor)
Otros Autores: Pérez-Torres, Rafael
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Austin : University of Texas Press, [2021]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • Introduction
  • PART ONE. EDUCATION
  • 1. The Judgment against Me
  • 2. My Formal Education
  • 3. The Federal Case
  • 4. Escape
  • 5. Freeman's Revenge
  • 6. Returned and Resentenced
  • PART TWO. TRAINING
  • 7. The Welcome Wagon
  • 8. Isolation
  • 9. Escape from Alcatraz
  • 10. The ''Riot'' of '46
  • 11. ''What about the Plum Juice?''
  • 12. My Life as a Free Man
  • PART THREE. SURVIVAL
  • 13. Haunted by Alcatraz
  • 14. Judgment Once More
  • 15. Condemned
  • 16. My Fight for Life
  • Epilogue
  • Afterword
  • Works Cited