Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist
Chapter 1 of 58 As Introductory
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- Running time
- 14 h 58 min
- Language
- English
- Readers
- Andrew Grant, Beau Wood, Cate Mackenzie, ChadH94, Christine Lehman and 12 others
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About this recording
In 1892, anarchist and Russian émigré Alexander Berkman was apprehended for the failed assassination of industrialist Henry Clay Frick. This was a retaliatory act meant to incite revolution against those who had violently suppressed the Homestead Steel Strike — but for Berkman, it was a crime that ultimately led to his 14 year incarceration in Pennsylvania’s notorious Western Penitentiary. First published by Emma Goldman’s Mother Earth Press, Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist is a classic of autobiographical literature that recounts his experiences in the brutal, dehumanizing world of America's prison system. (ChuckW)