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Title: The Bright Side of Prison Life
Experience, In Prison and Out, of an Involuntary Soujouner in Rebellion

Author: Samuel A. Swiggett

Release Date: June 30, 2010 [EBook #33035]

Language: English

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The Bright Side of Prison Life.

Experiences, In Prison and Out, of an Involuntary
Sojourner in Rebeldom.

By CAPTAIN S. A. SWIGGETT.

PRICE $1.25.

Press of
FLEET, McGINLEY & CO.
Baltimore.

Copyright, 1897,
BY
S. A. SWIGGETT.

PREFACE.

The author's name and reputation may sell this book--miracles have
happened; but he does not intend to permit the possible deception of a
confiding public into the belief that they cannot exist without reading
it. The possible purchaser is hereby warned that it is different from
any other book he ever read. It is without plot, moral, historical
value, mystery, romance, horrors and murderous scenes. The best excuse
to be offered for its existence is the fact that the author's numerous
friends have repeatedly urged him to print what they call an interesting
and unusual series of incidents. The responsibility for any injury to
the public must rest upon the heads of these friends, the author not
holding himself accountable for anything except the truth of the
narration. My friends being pleased with this publication, it may be
safe for others to try it, but they must not blame me for any lack of
appreciation. Trusting that this warning will prevent the unsuspecting
from buying the book solely on account of the author's literary
reputation, the result is awaited with fear and trembling.

S. A. SWIGGETT.

_March_, 1895.

CONTENTS.

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CHAPTER I. Preliminaries 9

CHAPTER II. The Capture