Conversations with the dead: Photos. of prison life, with the letters and drawings of Billy McCune #122054

Danny Lyon's important third book, a documentary photo-essay shot inside six Texas penitentiaries in 1967. The book juxtaposes his gritty photographs of the prisoners' daily life with the drawings and letters from one of the inmates whom Lyon befriended, Billy McCune. Photographs, foreword, and editing by Danny Lyon; introduction, letters, and drawings by Billy McCune. 196 pages; 75 b&w + 5 color plates + numerous reproductions of documents; 11.25 x 8.25 inches.