Shanks to Shakers: Reflections of the Missouri State Penitentiary Unknown - 2011

Jefferson City, MO: Jefferson City Convention and Visitors Center, 2011 Jefferson City Convention and Visitors Center, Jefferson City, MO. 2011. Hardcover. First Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; light bumping to head and tail. DJ: Very Good +; light rubbing to panels; light edge bumping to top edge of DJ. Black leatherette boards and spine with bright copper lettering on the spine. Gold endpapers. 148 pp 8vo oblong. The author of this book, Mark S. Schreiber began his 42-year career in criminal justice in 1968 as an employee with the Missouri State Penitentiary, the longest continuously operational prison west of the Mississippi River. Although professional opportunities took him away from the facility, he eventually returned to serve as the last deputy warden before it closed in 2004. During his tenure, Schreiber collected many stories and artifacts from the prison once called "the bloodiest 47 acres in America" by Time magazine. His… Leer más

Jefferson City, MO: Mark S. Schreiber, 2011. 148 pgs. Illustrated 1ed; History; Artifacts. Oblong Hardcover, Black Leatherette, Gold Embossing/Fine Dust Jacket. Rare. First Edition. Hard Cover. As New/Fine.

E-033: Jefferson City Convention & Visitors Bureau. Very Good. 2011. Hardcover. Hardcover. 4to. Walsworth Publishing Company, 2011. 148 pgs. Chiefly color illustrations. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. The word shank is prison slang for a knife. The word shaker, in the context used here, refers to souvenir salt and pepper shakers made and sold at the Missouri State Penitentiary. The phrase "Shanks to Shakers" is used as the book title because it represents the broad spectrum of artifacts contained in the publication. EB; 9.1 X 6.6 X 1.1 inches .