Shanks to Shakers: Reflections of the Missouri State Penitentiary

Jefferson City, MO: Jefferson City Convention and Visitors Center, 2011 Jefferson City Convention and Visitors Center, Jefferson City, MO. 2011. Hardcover. First Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; light bumping to head and tail. DJ: Very Good +; light rubbing to panels; light edge bumping to top edge of DJ. Black leatherette boards and spine with bright copper lettering on the spine. Gold endpapers. 148 pp 8vo oblong. The author of this book, Mark S. Schreiber began his 42-year career in criminal justice in 1968 as an employee with the Missouri State Penitentiary, the longest continuously operational prison west of the Mississippi River. Although professional opportunities took him away from the facility, he eventually returned to serve as the last deputy warden before it closed in 2004. During his tenure, Schreiber collected many stories and artifacts from the prison once called "the bloodiest 47 acres in America" by Time magazine. His newest book, Shanks to Shakers, documents rare, historical and collectible artifacts associated with life behind these walls, including old photographs, postcards, books, prison-made weapons, paintings, woodcarvings and even salt and pepper shakers once sold in the prison gift shop. A clean very presentable copy.