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12. My Life as a Free Man

  • Ernie López
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To Alcatraz, Death Row, and Back
This chapter is in the book To Alcatraz, Death Row, and Back
© 2021 University of Texas Press

© 2021 University of Texas Press

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. CONTENTS vii
  3. Introduction ix
  4. PART ONE. EDUCATION
  5. 1. The Judgment against Me 1
  6. 2. My Formal Education 16
  7. 3. The Federal Case 29
  8. 4. Escape 40
  9. 5. Freeman’s Revenge 50
  10. 6. Returned and Resentenced 68
  11. PART TWO. TRAINING
  12. 7. The Welcome Wagon 81
  13. 8. Isolation 94
  14. 9. Escape from Alcatraz 104
  15. 10. The ‘‘Riot’’ of ’46 115
  16. 11. ‘‘What about the Plum Juice?’’ 125
  17. 12. My Life as a Free Man 141
  18. PART THREE. SURVIVAL
  19. 13. Haunted by Alcatraz 157
  20. 14. Judgment Once More 169
  21. 15. Condemned 188
  22. 16. My Fight for Life 203
  23. Epilogue 213
  24. Afterword 215
  25. Works Cited 229
https://doi.org/10.7560/706606-013

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. CONTENTS vii
  3. Introduction ix
  4. PART ONE. EDUCATION
  5. 1. The Judgment against Me 1
  6. 2. My Formal Education 16
  7. 3. The Federal Case 29
  8. 4. Escape 40
  9. 5. Freeman’s Revenge 50
  10. 6. Returned and Resentenced 68
  11. PART TWO. TRAINING
  12. 7. The Welcome Wagon 81
  13. 8. Isolation 94
  14. 9. Escape from Alcatraz 104
  15. 10. The ‘‘Riot’’ of ’46 115
  16. 11. ‘‘What about the Plum Juice?’’ 125
  17. 12. My Life as a Free Man 141
  18. PART THREE. SURVIVAL
  19. 13. Haunted by Alcatraz 157
  20. 14. Judgment Once More 169
  21. 15. Condemned 188
  22. 16. My Fight for Life 203
  23. Epilogue 213
  24. Afterword 215
  25. Works Cited 229
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