When Caryl Chessman appeared on the cover of Time's March 21, 1960 issue, he was the most famous prisoner in America and arguably the best-known in the world. He not only put a face on the issue of capital punishment, he made one of the most remarkable transformations by any American writer. Through access to the papers and letters of his attorneys, George T. Davis and Rosalie Asher, the unpublished manuscripts and papers held by Joseph Longstreth; reminiscences with those who knew him, like Mr. Davis, Mr. Longstreth, his agent and executor; and country music legend Merle Haggard, the first definitive portrait of the enigmatic Caryl Chessman emerges.
- ISBN10 0786719400
- ISBN13 9780786719402
- Publish Date 24 August 2007 (first published 14 August 2006)
- Publish Status Out of Stock
- Out of Print 18 February 2016
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Carroll & Graf Publishers Inc
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 414
- Language English