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Paperback. Condizione: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. Very good soft cover. The eyewitness account of New Mexico State Penitentiary prison riot.

Paperback. Condizione: Acceptable. No markings. Crease on spine. Moderate wear to cover. Tight binding. Historic Oklahoma Bookstore on Route 66. Packages shipped daily, Mon-Friday.

Softcover. Condizione: NEAR FINE. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. 1982. Dell Publishing Co / Paisano pub., New York. Near Fine. Possibly signed by author in pencil -W. G. Stone on title page- unverified signature (see photo). Mass Market Paperback. Unmarked text. Cover lies flat. Clean and bright with no rips, tears or stains. Binding tight and square. Light toning to pages. Classic true crime account of the 1980 New Mexico Penitentiary riot, one of the deadliest in U.S. history. Ships from USA quickly and with care. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ SYNOPSIS & HISTORY: Brutalization begets brutalization. In Santa Fe to study penology with a mentality that would reform men, John Salazar instead found himself a hostage to it. When violence reigned, humanity vanished and those who survived carried its marks forever. This is the inside story of the New Mexico Penitentiary Riot, the bloodiest prison uprising in American history. Source Dell Publishing Co., 1982 Back Cover Text. The terror lasted for thirty-six hours. When it was over, thirty-three inmates were dead, all at the hands of their fellow convicts. It was an outbreak of inmate violence unequaled in the annals of prison uprisings. It happened at the Penitentiary of New Mexico Time magazine called it 'the nation's most notorious prison.' W.G. Stone was there. He witnessed the beatings, the stabbings, the rape, the torture. 'Tying the rope under his arms and around his chest, they strung him up on the basketball hoop for all to see. There he would hang for the rest of the riot.During those hours of madness that were to follow, inmates would come in and hack at his dangling corpse with knives, beat it with pipes, mutilating it so totally that it was beyond recognition, a raw, bloody mass of flesh, by the time the uprising was over.', The Hate Factory. Signed by Author.…

Mass Market Paperback. Condizione: Good. First Edition 1st Printing. Repaired; 1 cm x 2.1 cm Piece Missing From Upper Corner of Front Cover; Moderate Creasing on Front, Rear Covers, Spine; Front Cover Heavily Chipped; Rear Cover Moderately Chipped; Spine Lightly Chipped; Spine Slightly Cocked; Edges Moderately Soiled; Moderate Yellowing Due to Age. THE STORY OF THE NEW MEXICO PENITENTIARY RIOT. SYNOPSIS: The terror lasted for thirty-six hours. When it was over, thirty-three people were dead. New Mexico State Penitentiary. Time magazine called it "the nation's most notorious prison." On February 2, 1980, the suppressed anger, the despair, the bitter fury erupted with sudden, mind-searing violence. W. G. Stone was there. He witnessed the beatings, the stabbings, the rape, the torture. This is his eyewitness account. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.…