Have a Seat, Please
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| Rating | : | 4.21 (507 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1881515338 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 200 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-08-30 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Reid, who died in 1981, was survived by his widow, Frances. For many years he was publisher of the Item and later in his life spent much of his time writing and making public speeches. This book is a powerful personal account of Reid's conversations with many of the very men he later watched receive the eighteen hundred volts of electricity from generators reserved for electrocutions and his later, almost evangelical efforts to defend the men on Death Row from a similar fate.. "Don Reid," a cub reporter once wrote admiringly, "can see as much humanity in the messy murder of a shady lady as the coronation of a queen ." Reid was a strong but gentle man, wise and compassionate, and his discerning eyes observed all the degradation and nobility mankind is heir to in his thirty-five years of covering the Texas prison system for the Huntsville Item and the Associated Press. Perhaps never before in the history of the American penal system has a man witnessed more electrocutions than Reid, who as Associated Press and Huntsville Item representative watched 189 men die in ‘Old Sparky,' as the electric chair in the Texas Department of Corrections' death chamber was not so affectionately called. The late John Gurwell, who assisted Reid with the book, was a Houston wr
"I love don reid and i know i will enjoy it" according to Grace Seitz. have not read it yet. I love don reid and i know i will enjoy it.. "amazing reading!!!!!!" according to Victor Koszman. I bought my first copy of this book at the Texas Prison Museum in Huntsville, TX. The museum is on the way from from Dallas to my parents house. If you are driving south on I-amazing reading!!!!!! Victor Koszman I bought my first copy of this book at the Texas Prison Museum in Huntsville, TX. The museum is on the way from from Dallas to my parents house. If you are driving south on I-45 the museum is on your left when you approach Huntsville.You can see the electric chair TX used for almost 400 executions in that museum. It's very creepy. The arms on the chair look like they have had nails digging into them. The rest of the museum is very lame. That chair makes you stop and . 5 the museum is on your left when you approach Huntsville.You can see the electric chair TX used for almost amazing reading!!!!!! Victor Koszman I bought my first copy of this book at the Texas Prison Museum in Huntsville, TX. The museum is on the way from from Dallas to my parents house. If you are driving south on I-45 the museum is on your left when you approach Huntsville.You can see the electric chair TX used for almost 400 executions in that museum. It's very creepy. The arms on the chair look like they have had nails digging into them. The rest of the museum is very lame. That chair makes you stop and . 00 executions in that museum. It's very creepy. The arms on the chair look like they have had nails digging into them. The rest of the museum is very lame. That chair makes you stop and