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Seventeen Years in the Underworld

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The narrator recounts his rise from a respectable childhood into years of criminal activity and incarceration, tracing how youthful loneliness and failing eyesight contributed to his drift into gambling, theft, and association with various criminal types. He details reform school, prison life and management, escapes and recaptures, contract labor, and eventual pardon, then confronts the social and practical difficulties faced by ex-prisoners. Interwoven are descriptions of underworld customs, moral considerations, and a plea for better post-release support, arguing that personal friendship and structured aid are essential to genuine reformation and successful reintegration.

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Title: Seventeen Years in the Underworld

Author: Wellington Scott

Author of introduction, etc.: Lynn Harold Hough

Release date: January 27, 2018 [eBook #56443]

Language: English

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*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK SEVENTEEN YEARS IN THE UNDERWORLD ***

SEVENTEEN YEARS IN
THE UNDERWORLD

BY
WELLINGTON SCOTT

INTRODUCTION BY
LYNN HAROLD HOUGH

THE ABINGDON PRESS
NEW YORK CINCINNATI


Copyright, 1916, by
WELLINGTON SCOTT