[SOCIAL FICTION - PRISONS - CALIFORNIA] LAMSON, David

Whirlpool

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1937. First Edition. Octavo. Blue cloth, cover decoratively stamped in gilt and green; dustjacket; 332pp. Top edge of text block a little dusty, else a tight, VG+ copy in the original pictorial dustwrapper, worn at edges and with a closed tear to base of front panel; Good or better.

Fictionalized account of the author's real-life experiences on San Quentin's Death Row following a wrongful murder conviction. Lamson also published a non-fiction account (We Who Are About To Die, 1935). Oddly, the setting is changed to Washington State Penitentiary for this fictional version. HANNA 2080.

Price: $65.00

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