False Starts: A Memoir of San Quentin and Other Prisons
Braly, Malcolm
Published by Little, Brown, 1976
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Book is likely unread, clean and tight. The white dust wrapper is cleanly split along rear flap fold, short tears to front panel; presents well in supplied archival mylar cover. Seller Inventory # ABE-13408345369
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Synopsis: After getting arrested for petty burglary as a teenager, Braly couldn t get a break and spent much of his life behind bars. This is his searing autobiography, from the author of Shake Him Till He Rattles and On the Yard.
About the Author: Malcolm Braly was born in Portland, Oregon in 1925. Abandoned by his parents at an early age, he began a life of theft. He was first sent to the Preston School of Industry near Redding, California, eventually spending the first 40 years of his life in and out of prisons, including Nevada State Prison, Folsom State Prison and San Quentin, where he wrote his first three novels. Knox Burger of Gold Medal Books immediately offered him a contract and inspired Braly to take control of his life. After his final release Braly married and settled in Roxbury, New York. After 15 years of freedom, he died in a car accident in 1980.
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Title: False Starts: A Memoir of San Quentin and ...
Publisher: Little, Brown
Publication Date: 1976
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
Edition: 1st Edition
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1. False Starts : A Memoir of San Quentin and Other Prisons
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Book Description Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. First Edition. 375pp. Black and pink hardback, DJ has tiny chips and tears along edges, First Edition, Malcolm Braly's memoir of how a kid with no family became a petty habitual thief led to spending decades in prison because he believed he had no real worth until he learns that he is a gifted writer, Seller Inventory # w210329794
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3. FALSE STARTS: A MEMOIR OF SAN QUENTIN AND OTHER PRISONS
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: good. First Edition, Stated. 375p. Jacket rubbed with chips and tears to edges. Jacket design by Dick Adelson. (8-1/2"x5-3/4"). Seller Inventory # H11804
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition. 375 p. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Spine a bit cocked, book musty, scuffed fore edge. jacket chipped along top edge, worn at tips. Price intact ($8.95). A nice copy of a prison autobiography by the On the Yard author. Seller Inventory # 141116013
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