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222 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1957
From the very beginning, I also managed to hold onto a square linen handkerchief of my father's that I happened to have when I was caught. As time went on, this piece of linen became more and more valuable, for as I passed through each prison I embroidered in small characters the name, my cell number, and dates, plus in a half circle around them, the song we associated with that particular jail, and some microscopic drawings of the things that happened to us. (p.9)