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Emmet Dalton’s scandalous career of thievery cemented his status in American Old West history. In this autobiography, he candidly describes his days as an outlaw and gang member. Incidents include the ill-fated raid in Coffeyville, Kansas—the deadly shootout that left Dalton with more than twenty gunshot wounds and a life sentence in the Kansas State Penitentiary.
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In the summer of 1973, Forest Hammond, known as “Saint,” was supposed to be receiving his high school diploma. His friends and family expected that he would be looking forward to college life and possibly dreaming of a career as a professional athlete. He wasn’t. Instead, on the very day of his class’s graduation, Hammond was being initiated into a drastically different reality—he was being badly beaten in the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison by twelve inmates.