<p>The true story of a man who spent 50 years behind the walls of New Jersey's maximum-security Trenton State Prison, first as a guard and then as a teacher. Harry Camisa witnessed 13 electrocutions, was taken hostage twice and stopped the escape of five violent felons. Camisa knew all of New Jersey's notorious criminals from 1950 through 2002, ranging from Charlie "The Bug" Workman, who killed Prohibition-era mobster Dutch Schultz; serial killer Richard Biegenwald; accountant John List, who killed his entire family and evaded capture for 17 years; to Richard "The Iceman" Kuklinski, as well as Rubin "Hurricane" Carter. This new edition of a true-crime classic includes the killing of biker Robert "Mudman" Simon by Ambrose Harris on the prison's death row. Approximately 85 B &amp; W ill., including interior photos of the 1835 prison.</p>

Inside Out: Fifty Years Behind The Walls Of New Jersey's Trenton State Prison

Biographies & Memoirs

Camisa, Harry

Franklin, Jim

Professionals & Academics

Windsor Press and Publishing, L.L.C.

<p>A memoir of Rochester, NY native, the late Colonel James J. Freda (Ret), from his youth as the son of Italian immigrants; his graduation from Illinois Wesleyan University as a music major and his short career as a music teacher in Rochester public schools; his enlistment in the U.S. Army ten months before Pearl Harbor; attendance at OCS; assignment to the 10th Mountain Division, Camp Hale Colorado; transfer to and experiences as XVI Corps forward headquarters commandant in the European Theater of Operations during World War II; the Roer Campaign; crossing the Rhine; the Ruhr Valley Campaign; assignment to General Douglas MacArthur's staff in the Inspector General's Office, Tokyo; the Korean War; MacArthur's firing; assignments to the Pentagon; "hardship assignments" to Korea and Iran; Bay of Pigs; the Cuban Missile Crisis; assignment to STRICOM liaison in London; negotiation of the Diego Garcia treaty with Great Britain; friendship with Admiral John McCain and wife Roberta in London at the time of their son's capture in Vietnam; final assignment as training brigade commander and deputy base commander, Fort Dix, NJ during the Vietnam War; post-military life and return to academia in New Jersey. Includes commentary on effects on family of life in the U.S military with frequent moves and deployments, including hardship assignments.</p>

Somebody Had To Do It: A Military Life

Freda, Col. James J

Leaders & Notable People

Windsor Press and Publishing LLC

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