Crossing the River Styx : the memoir of a death row chaplain /

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"The memoir of Russ Ford, a former Virginia prison chaplain who by the time he retired had accompanied twenty-eight men into the death chamber. Drawing on the stories of the condemned men, and his relationship with them, Ford illuminates the brutality of and myriad problems with capital punishm...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Ford, Russ, 1951- (Author)
Other Authors: Peppers, Charles, 2000-, Peppers, Todd C.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2023.
Subjects:
Prison chaplains > Virginia > Biography.
Death row inmates > Virginia.
Capital punishment > Virginia.
Aumôniers de prison > Virginie > Biographies.
Condamnés à mort > Virginie.
Peine de mort > Virginie.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs
Capital punishment
Death row inmates
Prison chaplains
Virginia
Biographies
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • 1. Russ Ford
  • 2. Mac
  • 3. Henry Owen Tucker
  • 4. Marjorie Lee Bailey
  • 5. Morris Odell Mason
  • 6. Michael Marnell Smith, Syvasky Lafayette Poyner, and Mickey Wayne Davidson
  • 7. Earl Washington Jr. and Joseph Payne
  • 8. Alton Waye
  • 9. Jerry Bronson Givens
  • 10. Wilbert Lee Evans
  • 11. Albert Jay Clozza
  • 12. Derick Lynn Peterson
  • 13. Willie Leroy Jones
  • 14. Timothy Dale Bunch
  • 15. Andrew John Stanley McKie Chabrol
  • 16. Willie Lloyd Turner
  • 17. Joseph John Savino III
  • 18. Coleman Wayne Gray
  • 19. The Bitter and the Good
  • Afterword
  • Appendix
  • Notes
  • Suggested Readings

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