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Newjack : Guarding Sing Sing by Ted Conover (2001, Trade Paperback)
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PAPERBACK _____________ When Ted Conover’s request to shadow a recruit at the New York State Corrections Officer Academy was denied, he decided to apply for a job as a prison officer himself.
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Product Identifiers
PublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-100375726624
ISBN-139780375726620
eBay Product ID (ePID)1834917
Product Key Features
Book TitleNewjack : Guarding Sing Sing
Number of Pages352 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicPersonal Memoirs, General, Law Enforcement, Penology
Publication Year2001
FeaturesReprint
IllustratorYes
GenrePolitical Science, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography
AuthorTed Conover
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight10.2 Oz
Item Length7.9 in
Item Width5.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Reviews"An amazing book…. The stories are spellbinding and the telling is clear and cold." The Washington Post Book World "[Conover] has made us fully part of his experience…. It is hard to imagine any journalist doing this more daringly or effectively." The New York Times "A timely, troubling, important book." The Baltimore Sun " Newjack is a graphic and troubling window into society's scrapheap. Conover is to be commended for having the chops to venture where few others would dare go.... An important cautionary tale." Los Angeles Times Book Review " Newjack tells the straight skinny on a guard's life inside prison without being overly judgmental or cloyingly sentimental. It's experimental journalism at its best." The Denver Post "A devastating chronicle of the toll prison takes on the prisoners and the keepers of the keys." Minneapolis Star Tribune "An incisive and indelible look at the life of a corrections officer and the dark life of the penal system." The Dallas Morning News "A fascinating story.... Prison books crowd the shelves, but few tell the story from the point of view of the officers who spend eight hours a day doing time, hoping and praying that they make it home that night, hoping and praying that the job allows them to remain human." The San Diego Union-Tribune, "An amazing book…. The stories are spellbinding and the telling is clear and cold."The Washington Post Book World "[Conover] has made us fully part of his experience…. It is hard to imagine any journalist doing this more daringly or effectively."The New York Times "A timely, troubling, important book."The Baltimore Sun "Newjack is a graphic and troubling window into society's scrapheap. Conover is to be commended for having the chops to venture where few others would dare go.... An important cautionary tale."Los Angeles Times Book Review "Newjack tells the straight skinny on a guard's life inside prison without being overly judgmental or cloyingly sentimental. It's experimental journalism at its best."The Denver Post "A devastating chronicle of the toll prison takes on the prisoners and the keepers of the keys."Minneapolis Star Tribune "An incisive and indelible look at the life of a corrections officer and the dark life of the penal system."The Dallas Morning News "A fascinating story.... Prison books crowd the shelves, but few tell the story from the point of view of the officers who spend eight hours a day doing time, hoping and praying that they make it home that night, hoping and praying that the job allows them to remain human."The San Diego Union-Tribune, "An amazing book.... The stories are spellbinding and the telling is clear and cold." -- The Washington Post Book World "[Conover] has made us fully part of his experience.... It is hard to imagine any journalist doing this more daringly or effectively." -- The New York Times "A timely, troubling, important book." -- The Baltimore Sun " Newjack is a graphic and troubling window into society's scrapheap. Conover is to be commended for having the chops to venture where few others would dare go.... An important cautionary tale." -- Los Angeles Times Book Review " Newjack tells the straight skinny on a guard' s life inside prison without being overly judgmental or cloyingly sentimental. It' s experimental journalism at its best." -- The Denver Post "A devastating chronicle of the toll prison takes on the prisoners and the keepers of the keys."- Minneapolis Star Tribune "An incisive and indelible look at the life of a corrections officer and the dark life of the penal system."- The Dallas Morning News "A fascinating story.... Prison books crowd the shelves, but few tell the story from the point of view of the officers who spend eight hours a day doing time, hoping and praying that they make it home that night, hoping and praying that the job allows them to remain human." - The San Diego Union-Tribune
Dewey Edition21
Dewey Decimal365/.9/2 B
Edition DescriptionReprint
SynopsisAcclaimed journalist Ted Conover sets a new standard for bold, in-depth reporting in this first-hand account of life inside the penal system at Sing Sing. When Ted Conover's request to shadow a recruit at the New York State Corrections Officer Academy was denied, he decided to apply for a job as a prison officer himself. The result is an unprecedented work of eyewitness journalism: the account of Conover's year-long passage into storied Sing Sing prison as a rookie guard, or newjack. As he struggles to become a good officer, Conover angers inmates, dodges blows, and attempts, in the face of overwhelming odds, to balance decency with toughness. Through his insights into the harsh culture of prison, the grueling and demeaning working conditions of the officers, and the unexpected ways the job encroaches on his own family life, we begin to see how our burgeoning prison system brutalizes everyone connected with it. An intimate portrait of a world few readers have ever experienced, Newjack is a haunting journey into a dark undercurrent of American life., WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FOR NONFICTION * An acclaimed journalist sets a new standard for bold, in-depth reporting in this first-hand account of life inside the penal system at Sing Sing. " Newjack is about as good as it gets--by turns gripping, funny, frightening, and sad." --The Washington Post Book World When Ted Conover's request to shadow a recruit at the New York State Corrections Officer Academy was denied, he decided to apply for a job as a prison officer himself. The result is an unprecedented work of eyewitness journalism: the account of Conover's year-long passage into storied Sing Sing prison as a rookie guard, or "newjack." As he struggles to become a good officer, Conover angers inmates, dodges blows, and attempts, in the face of overwhelming odds, to balance decency with toughness. Through his insights into the harsh culture of prison, the grueling and demeaning working conditions of the officers, and the unexpected ways the job encroaches on his own family life, we begin to see how our burgeoning prison system brutalizes everyone connected with it. An intimate portrait of a world few readers have ever experienced, Newjack is a haunting journey into a dark undercurrent of American life., Acclaimed journalist Ted Conover sets a new standard for bold, in-depth reporting in this first-hand account of life inside the penal system at Sing Sing. When Ted Conover's request to shadow a recruit at the New York State Corrections Officer Academy was denied, he decided to apply for a job as a prison officer himself. The result is an unprecedented work of eyewitness journalism: the account of Conover's year-long passage into storied Sing Sing prison as a rookie guard, or "newjack." As he struggles to become a good officer, Conover angers inmates, dodges blows, and attempts, in the face of overwhelming odds, to balance decency with toughness. Through his insights into the harsh culture of prison, the grueling and demeaning working conditions of the officers, and the unexpected ways the job encroaches on his own family life, we begin to see how our burgeoning prison system brutalizes everyone connected with it. An intimate portrait of a world few readers have ever experienced, Newjack is a haunting journey into a dark undercurrent of American life.
LC Classification NumberHV8978.F7
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- 16 Nov, 2018
Good reading and your put right there !
Excellent story..If you like prison stuff you will love this .Conoveris a great story teller and this book is one of his best..You are put right there...Check it out !!Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
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