GO-BOY ! -- This is the True Story & Memories of life behind Bars, in a Canadian Prison. (Winner of the Governor General's Award.) Cornwall's Most Famous Criminal - Bank Robber & Heists
by CARON, Roger [Mad Dog] (April 12, 1938 - April 11, 2012) (Forward By Pierre Berton )
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair to Good, Reading Copy
- ISBN 10
- 0600341240
- ISBN 13
- 9780600341246
- Seller
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Steinbach, Manitoba, Canada
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About This Item
Great Britain, United Kingdom: Hamlyn Paperbacks., 1983. Book. Illus. by Kevin Tweddell Painted Cover!. Fair to Good, Reading Copy. Cloth. First Edition By This Publisher.. This is a Ex-library copy with usual library markings; This was a paperback edition that had the covers cut and laminated to a hardcover, this was made for a library use. >> 317 pages. "This is the true story of life behind bars. This is a chilling account of a lifetime behind bars. There are only two methods of escape; one is scaling prison walls, another is to forge a new life. 'Go-Boy!' is one man's story." Roger Caron's nickname Go-Boy referred to his propensity to try to escape from prison. This is the story of his attempted escapes and the prison life that led him to it. Includes; Violence, Hate, Hard Labour, Solitary Confinement, Twisted Friendships, Nakes deadly quarrels, all in Canadian Prisons. With horrifying Realism, Winner Governor General's Award. Forward by Pierre Burton. [Book Weight = 261 grams] >> Laminated covers; Ex-library; Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall..
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- Seller
- COMIC WORLD
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- Seller's Inventory #
- 3391-18
- Title
- GO-BOY ! -- This is the True Story & Memories of life behind Bars, in a Canadian Prison. (Winner of the Governor General's Award.) Cornwall's Most Famous Criminal - Bank Robber & Heists
- Author
- CARON, Roger [Mad Dog] (April 12, 1938 - April 11, 2012) (Forward By Pierre Berton )
- Illustrator
- Kevin Tweddell Painted Cover!
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair to Good, Reading Copy
- Edition
- First Edition By This Publisher.
- ISBN 10
- 0600341240
- ISBN 13
- 9780600341246
- Publisher
- Hamlyn Paperbacks.
- Place of Publication
- Great Britain, United Kingdom
- Date Published
- 1983
- Keywords
- TRUE STORY OF LIFE BEHIND BARS SENTENCE LIFER LIFETIME ESCAPE PRISON JAIL CONVICTED FELON VIOLENCE , HATE, HARD LABOUR, SOLITARY CONFINEMENT, TWISTED FRIENDSHIPS, NAKES DEADLY QUARRELS, ALL IN CANADIAN CANADA PRISONS. WITH HORRIFYING REALISM PRISONER WINN
- Bookseller catalogs
- Canadiana / CANADA; Crime Non-Fiction / True Detective RCMP Police Spy;
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Steinbach, Manitoba
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