Escape from Dannemora: Richard Matt, David Sweat, and the Great Adirondack Manhunt

Benson, Michael

ISBN 10: 1611689767 / ISBN 13: 9781611689761

Published by ForeEdge, 2017

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First edition. Signed by author on half-title page with inscription, "To Josie--Best always--." Covers lightly creased. 2017 Trade Paperback. 251 pp. It was one of the biggest crime stories of the decade?two deadly killers, desperate and on the run. After months of planning, Ricky Matt and David Sweat cut, chopped, coerced, and connived their way out of a maximum-security prison in the wilderness of upstate New York and managed to elude police for three weeks, sending the region into lockdown and keeping the entire country on edge. The media called it ?a bold escape for the ages,? and veteran true-crime writer Michael Benson leads us along the story?s every wild path to dig out a tale of adventure, psychology, sex, and brutality. Escape from Dannemora examines the strange case of Joyce Mitchell, the long-time prison employee who had a sexual relationship with at least one of the killers, and who smuggled them tools and aided in the escape, while they cooked up a plan to kill her husband. In the end, Benson looks closely at conditions at the Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, NY, a crumbling Gothic pile now under investigation for charges of drug trafficking and brutality. Seller Inventory # 2342433

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Title: Escape from Dannemora: Richard Matt, David ...

Publisher: ForeEdge

Publication Date: 2017

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Signed: Signed by author

Edition: First Edition.

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Synopsis:

It was one of the biggest crime stories of the decade―two deadly killers, desperate and on the run. After months of planning, Ricky Matt and David Sweat cut, chopped, coerced, and connived their way out of a maximum-security prison in the wilderness of upstate New York and managed to elude police for three weeks, sending the region into lockdown and keeping the entire country on edge. The media called it “a bold escape for the ages,” and veteran true-crime writer Michael Benson leads us along the story’s every wild path to dig out a tale of adventure, psychology, sex, and brutality. Escape from Dannemora examines the strange case of Joyce Mitchell, the long-time prison employee who had a sexual relationship with at least one of the killers, and who smuggled them tools and aided in the escape, while they cooked up a plan to kill her husband. In the end, Benson looks closely at conditions at the Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, NY, a crumbling Gothic pile now under investigation for charges of drug trafficking and brutality.

About the Author:

MICHAEL BENSON has written on music, sports, crime, film, the military, and politics for a range of national publications. He is the author of Why the Grateful Dead Matter, and of numerous books of true crime, including The Devil at Genesee Junction and Evil Season. He lives in Brooklyn.