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Cell 2455, Death Row.

Title
Cell 2455, Death Row.
Author
Chessman, Caryl, 1921-1960
Publication
New York, Prentice-Hall [1954]

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361 p.; 22 cm.
Summary
The autobiography of a self-described psychopath on death row. Although uneducated, his prison reading enabled him to use the law to repeatedly postpone his execution. Sentenced in 1948, Chessman died in San Quentin in 1960.
Subject
  • Chessman, Caryl, 1921-1960
  • California State Prison at San Quentin > Biography
  • Crime > California
Genre/Form
Autobiographies
Note
  • Autobiography.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Facilis est descensus averni -- Cuilibet in arte sua perito est credendum -- Damnant quod non intelligunt.
LCCN
^^^54008475^
OCLC
1134526
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library