Adobe And Iron. The Story Of Arizona Territorial Prison.

JOHN MASON JEFFREY

Publication: Prospect Avenue Press, 1969, La Jolla

First edition. 8vo. Red cloth, tItles stamped in gold gilt on cover and spine, 113 pp., note, preface, foreword, illustrated, epilogue. A history of the Arizona Territorial Prison at Yuma, which opened in 1876 and operated until 1909. Jeffrey chronicles the prison’s establishment, administration, harsh living conditions, disciplinary practices, and daily operations, profiling the notorious inmates who passed through its gates, from Apache prisoners and frontier desperadoes to bank robbers. Accounts of escapes and other unusual episodes illuminate the realities of prison life in territorial Arizona. It is open to the public today by the Arizona State Parks Board. A true and accurate history of an unfortunate but real part of pioneer life. Fine in dust jacket with light wear to top edge of front cover.