To Alcatraz, death row, and back : memories of an East LA outlaw /

To Alcatraz, death row, and back : memories of an East LA outlaw /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	López, Ernie, 1922-
Edition:	1st ed.
Imprint:	Austin : University of Texas Press, 2005.
Description:	x, 230 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	López, Ernie, -- 1922- López, Ernie, -- 1922- United States Penitentiary, Alcatraz Island, California -- Biography. United States Penitentiary, Alcatraz Island, California. Recidivists -- California -- Biography. Death row inmates -- California -- Biography. Hispanic Americans -- California -- Biography. Death row inmates. Hispanic Americans. Recidivists. California. Biography.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6105085

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Other authors / contributors:	Pérez-Torres, Rafael.
ISBN:	029270660X (cloth : alk. paper) 0292706839 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-230).

Table of Contents:

Introduction
Part 1. 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 2. 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 3. Survival
13. Haunted by Alcatraz
14. Judgment Once More
15. Condemned
16. My Fight for Life
Epilogue
Afterword
Works Cited