Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist
Author(s): Alexander Berkman
Genre(s): Memoirs
Narrators: Kwame Genov, Onhyattus, Antonygirgis, MajorHistory, Stephen Harvey, ChadH94, Beau Wood, Christine Lehman, Ke126, Josh Kibbey, Cate Mackenzie, Kathleen Moore, Andrew Grant, Ljarrow, PhyllisV, Chuck Williamson, John
Number of Chapters: 58
Length: 14 hours and 57 minutes
Language: English
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)