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Book SynopsisThe author was for several years a close friend of O Henry (William Sydney Porter). This title describes the horrors of prison life and also tells how he, O Henry, and their friends managed to cope.
Table of ContentsA Mothers flight... Failure as a bootblack.. Chuck-buyer for the Lazy Z... Release from jail... Shot from behind... In the outlaws' country Planning a holdup... Hunting the enemy... Frank turns outlaw... In the Panhandle... The meeting with O. Henry in Honduras... Voyaging at Leisure... In California... In the Ohio Penitentiary... Despair... The new ""main finger""... O. Henry bohemian... Story of a convict Dick Price... Interest of O. Henry... The Prison Demon... Methods of O. Henry... Defiance of Foley the Goat... O. Henry's rage against corruption... Tainted meat... Last days of O. Henry in prison... O. Henry's silence... Practice of law... Episodes of city nights... Quest for material... Supper with a ""star""... After two years... New Year's Eve...
