Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist

Alexander Berkman (1870 - 1936)

In 1892, anarchist and Russian émigré Alexander Berkman was apprehended for the failed assassination of industrialist Henry Clay Frick. This was a retaliatory act meant to incite revolution against those who had violently suppressed the Homestead Steel Strike — but for Berkman, it was a crime that ultimately led to his 14 year incarceration in Pennsylvania’s notorious Western Penitentiary. First published by Emma Goldman’s Mother Earth Press, Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist is a classic of autobiographical literature that recounts his experiences in the brutal, dehumanizing world of America's prison system. (ChuckW)

Genre(s): Memoirs

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 00 As Introductory Kwame Genov
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Play 01 The Call of Homestead Kwame Genov
00:37:26
Play 02 The Seat of War Kwame Genov
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Play 03 The Spirit of Pittsburgh Kwame Genov
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Play 04 The Attentat Kwame Genov
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Play 05 The Third Degree Kwame Genov
00:12:03
Play 06 The Jail Kwame Genov
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Play 07 The Trial Kwame Genov
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Play 08 Desperate Thoughts Kwame Genov
00:33:31
Play 09 The Will to Live Kwame Genov
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Play 10 Spectral Silence Kwame Genov
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Play 11 A Ray of Light Kwame Genov
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Play 12 The Shop Kwame Genov
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Play 13 My First Letter Kwame Genov
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Play 14 Wingie Kwame Genov
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Play 15 To the Girl Kwame Genov
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Play 16 Persecution Kwame Genov
00:12:00
Play 17 The Yegg Kwame Genov
00:25:20
Play 18 The Route Sub Rosa Kwame Genov
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Play 19 ''Zuchthausbluethen'' onhyattus
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Play 20 The Judas antonygirgis
00:16:12
Play 21 The Dip MajorHistory
00:11:03
Play 22 The Urge of Sex MajorHistory
00:19:40
Play 23 The Warden's Threat Stephen Harvey
00:15:37
Play 24 The ''Basket'' Cell ChadH94
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Play 25 The Solitary Stephen Harvey
00:20:25
Play 26 Memory-Guests Stephen Harvey
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Play 27 A Day in the Cell-House Stephen Harvey
00:37:24
Play 28 The Deeds of the Good to the Evil Stephen Harvey
00:10:44
Play 29 The Grist of the Prison-Mill Stephen Harvey
00:27:51
Play 30 The Scales of Justice Stephen Harvey
00:14:40
Play 31 Thoughts that Stole Out of Prison Beau Wood
00:09:12
Play 32 How Shall the Depths Cry? Christine Lehman
00:16:52
Play 33 Hiding the Evidence ChadH94
00:14:40
Play 34 Love's Dungeon Flower ke126
00:22:30
Play 35 For Safety Josh Kibbey
00:02:59
Play 36 Dreams of Freedom Cate Mackenzie
00:14:18
Play 37 Whitewashed Again Kathleen Moore
00:11:42
Play 38 ''And by All Forgot, We Rot and Rot'' Kathleen Moore
00:17:00
Play 39 The Deviousness of Reform Law Applied Kathleen Moore
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Play 40 The Tunnel Kathleen Moore
00:14:40
Play 41 The Death of Dick Josh Kibbey
00:02:28
Play 42 An Alliance With the Birds Stephen Harvey
00:18:07
Play 43 The Underground Andrew Grant
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Play 44 Anxious Days Christine Lehman
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Play 45 ''How Men Their Brothers Maim'' ChadH94
00:10:49
Play 46 A New Plan of Escape Cate Mackenzie
00:12:23
Play 47 Done to Death ljarrow
00:18:13
Play 48 The Shock at Buffalo PhyllisV
00:27:50
Play 49 Marred Lives PhyllisV
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Play 50 ''Passing the Love of Woman'' PhyllisV
00:23:06
Play 51 Love's Daring Chuck Williamson
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Play 52 The Bloom of ''The Barren Staff'' Chuck Williamson
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Play 53 A Child's Heart-Hunger John
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Play 54 Chum John
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Play 55 Last Days John
00:12:05
Play 56 The Workhouse John
00:17:11
Play 57 The Resurrection Chuck Williamson
01:20:24