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Rags of Time

A Season in Prison

by Jack Cook

Formats

Hardcover
$29.99
Softcover
$19.99
E-Book
$9.99
Hardcover
$29.99

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Book Details

Language : English
Publication Date : 4/28/2008

Format : Hardcover
Dimensions : 6x9
Page Count : 180
ISBN : 9781436325004
Format : Softcover
Dimensions : 6x9
Page Count : 180
ISBN : 9781436324991
Format : E-Book
Dimensions : 6x9
Page Count : 180
ISBN : 9781465320209

About the Book

A Season in Prison” is a unique contribution to prison literature. It is subtle and often poetic. More importantly, it shows how one man redirected. His rage into love and imagination as the most enduring and effective tools of survival.

About the Author

Jack Cook was born in Brooklyn, NY, in l940, and was educated at King's College (PA.) and Cornell University. He served as Associate Editor of The Catholic Worker from l966-l973; in l968 he was indicted and convicted for refusal of Induction and sentenced to three years in Federal Prison. Two years into his term he was released by order of the Supreme Court. He is the author of Rags of Time: A Season in Prison (Beacon, 1972) and The Face Of Falsehood (Anthoensen, 1986). He currently lives with his family in upstate New York.