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Author: Clifford Rickards Publisher: Forgotten Books ISBN: 9780331781311 Category : Languages : en Pages : 252
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Excerpt from A Prison Chaplain on Dartmoor In writing the following reminiscences of my twenty-five years' experiences in the Prison on Dartmoor I have had two objects in view first, to interest my readers and excite their sympathy for a class of men who, although they are criminals, are not without their good points, as some of them have recently shown by their conduct in the late war. I was talking lately to an officer who was engaged in much of the heaviest fighting, and he told me that he had two ex-convicts in his company who were conspicuous by their bravery and readiness to volunteer for any dangerous duty. My second object is my own pleasure in recalling and transcribing the various incidents which, although now ancient history, are still vivid and interesting to me, as I hope the reading of them may be' to others. They are all at least true, and if there are no revelations of secrets hidden behind prison walls it is simply because no such secrets exist, or if they do they are unknown to me. For twenty-five years, day by day, and often all day long, I was in and out of the prison, inclosest contact with warders and prisoners, and only on two or three occasions did I witness anything that called for interference. Some times the tact and good temper of the warders under most trying and provocative circumstances was surprising; but let the men speak for them selves in the following pages. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: Clifford Rickards Publisher: Forgotten Books ISBN: 9780331781311 Category : Languages : en Pages : 252
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Excerpt from A Prison Chaplain on Dartmoor In writing the following reminiscences of my twenty-five years' experiences in the Prison on Dartmoor I have had two objects in view first, to interest my readers and excite their sympathy for a class of men who, although they are criminals, are not without their good points, as some of them have recently shown by their conduct in the late war. I was talking lately to an officer who was engaged in much of the heaviest fighting, and he told me that he had two ex-convicts in his company who were conspicuous by their bravery and readiness to volunteer for any dangerous duty. My second object is my own pleasure in recalling and transcribing the various incidents which, although now ancient history, are still vivid and interesting to me, as I hope the reading of them may be' to others. They are all at least true, and if there are no revelations of secrets hidden behind prison walls it is simply because no such secrets exist, or if they do they are unknown to me. For twenty-five years, day by day, and often all day long, I was in and out of the prison, inclosest contact with warders and prisoners, and only on two or three occasions did I witness anything that called for interference. Some times the tact and good temper of the warders under most trying and provocative circumstances was surprising; but let the men speak for them selves in the following pages. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: Clifford Rickards Publisher: Kessinger Publishing ISBN: 9781104009960 Category : Literary Collections Languages : en Pages : 252
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This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.
Author: Clifford Rickards Publisher: Theclassics.Us ISBN: 9781230391984 Category : Languages : en Pages : 46
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1920 edition. Excerpt: ...all the prisoners near us will join in and kick their doors." And sure enough they did, so that by the time the warder arrived there was a fine row going on on all sides, and it was some time before he discovered the flag outside and opened the door and set me free. I always liked visiting the men in their cells where we could come face to face and have a straight talk with one another, and from the most of them one was always sure of a welcome if only because there was the opportunity to talk without fear of any ill consequences, the chaplain being about the only person in the prison to whom this privilege appertains. I have heard some queer tales as to undiscovered crimes, buried treasure, and false imprisonments, and although I must often have rubbed the men up on a sore place, any rudeness or rebuff was most unusual, and was invariably followed by some sort of apology. I hope the pleasure of my visits was mutual, and I have good reason to think it was, as for some time after my retirement I had many letters from the men and frequent requests that if possible I would pay them a visit. This I did with permission from the authorities, and spending a day on the moor I put in some hour or two visiting my old parishioners. However many disappointments meet him to damp his ardour, how many hopes may be quenched, he never loses heart, but plods on from day to day, making the best of his opportunities as they crop up. Of course his work carries with it special responsibilities and anxieties, but he never allows this to become too overwhelming, but finds relief in a day on the moor with rod or gun, and returns to work with a lightened mind. Without some such relaxation it would be very hard to carry on, and in this respect I think Dartmoor...
Author: Basil Thomson Publisher: Forgotten Books ISBN: 9780260031013 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 296
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Excerpt from The Story of Dartmoor Prison Mr. F. C. Hodder for assistance in searching the Admiralty archives, and to Captain Vernon Harris, one Of my predecessors in the governorship of the prison, for the loan Of his interesting pamphlet which is now out of print. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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