Chapter II: Part II: The Penitentiary

I. DESPERATE THOUGHTS 95
II. THE WILL TO LIVE 113
III. SPECTRAL SILENCE 120
IV. A RAY OF LIGHT 124
V. THE SHOP 128
VI. MY FIRST LETTER 136
VII. WINGIE 140
VIII. TO THE GIRL 148
IX. PERSECUTION 152
X. THE YEGG 159
XI. THE ROUTE SUB ROSA 174
XII. "ZUCHTHAUSBLUETHEN" 176
XIII. THE JUDAS 185
XIV. THE DIP 195
XV. THE URGE OF SEX 201
XVI. THE WARDEN'S THREAT 209
XVII. THE "BASKET" CELL 219
XVIII. THE SOLITARY 221
XIX. MEMORY-GUESTS 232
XX. A DAY IN THE CELL-HOUSE 240
XXI. THE DEEDS OF THE GOOD TO THE EVIL 264
XXII. THE GRIST OF THE PRISON-MILL 270
XXIII. THE SCALES OF JUSTICE 287
XXIV. THOUGHTS THAT STOLE OUT OF PRISON 297
XXV. HOW SHALL THE DEPTHS CRY? 300
XXVI. HIDING THE EVIDENCE 307
XXVII. LOVE'S DUNGEON FLOWER 316
XXVIII. FOR SAFETY 328
XXIX. DREAMS OF FREEDOM 330
XXX. WHITEWASHED AGAIN 337
XXXI. "AND BY ALL FORGOT, WE ROT AND ROT" 342
XXXII. THE DEVIOUSNESS OF REFORM LAW APPLIED 352
XXXIII. THE TUNNEL 355
XXXIV. THE DEATH OF DICK 363
XXXV. AN ALLIANCE WITH THE BIRDS 364
XXXVI. THE UNDERGROUND 375
XXXVII. ANXIOUS DAYS 382
XXXVIII. "HOW MEN THEIR BROTHERS MAIM" 389
XXXIX. A NEW PLAN OF ESCAPE 395
XL. DONE TO DEATH 401
XLI. THE SHOCK AT BUFFALO 409
XLII. MARRED LIVES 418
XLIII. "PASSING THE LOVE OF WOMAN" 430
XLIV. LOVE'S DARING 441
XLV. THE BLOOM OF "THE BARREN STAFF" 446
XLVI. A CHILD'S HEART-HUNGER 453
XLVII. CHUM 458
XLVIII. LAST DAYS 465

Part III: The Workhouse 473

Part IV: The Resurrection 483

ILLUSTRATIONS

ALEXANDER BERKMAN (Frontispiece)
THE AUTHOR AT THE TIME OF THE HOMESTEAD STRIKE
WESTERN PENITENTIARY OF PENNSYLVANIA
FACSIMILE OF PRISON LETTER
"ZUCHTHAUSBLUETHEN"
CELL RANGES
THE TUNNEL