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Jerry’s Riot

Jerry’s Riot

Jerry's Riot

Kevin S. Giles / Kevin SGiles

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Año de edición:
2005
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Biografía: general
ISBN:
9781591137184
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Jerry’s Riot: The True Story of Montana’s 1959 Prison Disturbance examines the explosion that resulted when the prison’s new reform warden collided with career convict Jerry Myles, who wanted to run the prison.

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