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Incredible and compelling! Penelope Kay Jarrett opens the door to a Sing Sing of one hundred years ago. Through the eyes and words of her great-grandfather, we are taken back to a time of pain, sorrow, and compassion inside the walls of this world-famous prison. - Guy Cheli, author of Sing Sing Prison Throughout it all, the character of the keeper/narrator emerges as a straightforward, stand-up person who still cared, despite-or perhaps precisely because of-all that he experienced (and explained in his memoir). Read it and then reflect on how you'd emerge after such a half century. - Thomas C. McCarthy, New York Correction historian

A one-of-a-kind-and vital-contribution to understanding prison life. - Hudson River Valley Review The book, anecdotal in style, brings the prison's history vividly to life from one man's perspective. - New York Researcher Incredible and compelling! Penelope Kay Jarrett opens the door to a Sing Sing of one hundred years ago. Through the eyes and words of her great-grandfather, we are taken back to a time of pain, sorrow, and compassion inside the walls of this world-famous prison. - Guy Cheli, author of Sing Sing Prison Throughout it all, the character of the keeper/narrator emerges as a straightforward, stand-up person who still cared, despite-or perhaps precisely because of-all that he experienced (and explained in his memoir). Read it and then reflect on how you'd emerge after such a half century. - Thomas C. McCarthy, New York Correction historian

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Penelope Kay Jarrett is Biological Technician for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and Education Coordinator at the Mound House in Fort Myers Beach, Florida.

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