num_pages: 248
description: Few are aware that Eugene Debs (1855-1927), the best loved socialist agitator of his time, wrote one of the most insightful books on prisons. Debs's only full-length book, WALLS &amp; BARS is a lively memoir as well as a stirring critique, drawing on his own prison experiences.
language: English
title: Walls and Bars: Prisons and Prison Life in the Land of the Free
titlecomplete: Walls and Bars: Prisons and Prison Life in the Land of the Free
characters: Eugene V. Debs
genres: Biography, History, Politics, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 58
places: Atlanta, Georgia
publisher: Charles H. Kerr Publishing Co. (Chicago)