By: Norman Johnston
In his latest book, CHOW: Food and Drink In Eastern State Penitentiary, Dr. Norman Johnston provides an in depth and often humorous look at the history of feeding during Eastern State's 142 years in operation.
Included are sample menus, descriptions of "The Chocolate Diet" and other meals for the sick, popular contraband food and drink items, food costs and even a recipe for "prison wine." Dr. Johnston also compares the typical Eastern State inmate diet to that of working class Americans as well as to that of inmates in other American prisons. The book contains over one dozen black and white archival photographs.
Dimensions (in inches): 9.75 x 8.50, 30 pages, soft cover, 2006.
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