Inside-Outside - Richard Herr

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Résumé :
Can you imagine spending twelve years of your life behind the walls of the world's largest walled maximum security prison? What if you were sent there for a crime you didn't commit? This is just one of the many unbelievable events of Richard Herr's life. He turned 21 on a Chinese junk, with fellow Marines preparing to execute some of the early reconnaissance for the conflict that eventually became the Vietnam War. Upon his discharge from the Marines, he married into an Italian family with questionable ties to the Michigan La Cosa Nostra. Wrongfully accused of murder and sentenced to twenty-five to forty years in prison, he survived the harsh conditions inside the world's largest walled maximum security prison and rose up among the inmate ranks to control the prison's drugs, gambling, protection, and policies. In a bizarre twist of fate, Herr, through his various underworld associations, learns about the final hours and ultimate disposal of former Teamster president, Jimmy Hoffa. Now, looking back on his life, Herr offers the message that life isn't over until it's over-never give up, because new life and experience may be waiting just around the corner. Enjoy Herr's journey and fascinating life story in Inside-Outside.

Biographie:
Richard Herr is Professor of History, Emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and of the American Philosophical Society, a corresponding member of the Spanish Royal Academy of History, and the recipient of an honorary degree from the Universidad de Alcal? de Henares, Spain. His other works include: ? The Eighteenth-Century Revolution in Spain (Princeton, Princeton University Press, 1958) ? Tocqueville and the Old Regime (Princeton, Princeton University Press, 1962) ? An Historical Essay on Modern Spain (Berkeley, University of California Press, 1974) ? Rural Change and Royal Finances in Spain at the End of the Old Regime (Berkeley and Los Angeles, University of California Press, 1989) ? Co-author with Robert Woodmansee Herr, An American Family in the Mexican Revolution (Wilmington, Scholarly Resources, 1999) ? Our Family: The Winships and the Herrs (Self published, 2010) ? Separate but Equal? Individual and Community since the Enlightenment (Berkeley, Berkeley Public Policy Press, 2016). For more information, see: https://history.berkeley.edu/people/faculty/emeritus/richard-herr....

Sommaire:
Can you imagine spending twelve years of your life behind the walls of the world's largest walled maximum security prison? What if you were sent there for a crime you didn't commit? This is just one of the many unbelievable events of Richard Herr's life. He turned 21 on a Chinese junk, with fellow Marines preparing to execute some of the early reconnaissance for the conflict that eventually became the Vietnam War. Upon his discharge from the Marines, he married into an Italian family with questionable ties to the Michigan La Cosa Nostra. Wrongfully accused of murder and sentenced to twenty-five to forty years in prison, he survived the harsh conditions inside the world's largest walled maximum security prison and rose up among the inmate ranks to control the prison's drugs, gambling, protection, and policies. In a bizarre twist of fate, Herr, through his various underworld associations, learns about the final hours and ultimate disposal of former Teamster president, Jimmy Hoffa. Now, looking back on his life, Herr offers the message that life isn't over until it's over-never give up, because new life and experience may be waiting just around the corner. Enjoy Herr's journey and fascinating life story in Inside-Outside....