| Description: |
Boggo Road Gaol was
arguably the most notorious Australian prison in the
Twentieth Century and was the home and place of death
for some of the nation's most infamous inmates including
mass murderers, James Finch and John Andrew Stuart.
Riots, hunger strikes, violent protests, deaths in
custody and a century of daring escapes created a
reputation second to none.
ESCAPE: From Boggo Road Gaol Volume One is a
comprehensive collection of the thirteen gaol-breaks
between 1883 & 1949. ESCAPE: From Boggo Road Gaol Volume One is extensively researched and includes
over 50 original images, many never before published,
revealing the criminal characters who pitted their
minds and wits against the system to regain freedom
at any cost.
ESCAPE: From Boggo
Road Gaol Volume One includes rare in-text images including mugshots of each
escapee gathered from police records, authentic black
and white newspaper images from the early twentieth
century, as well as photographs from state library collections.
Essential to every serious crime buff's library. |
