Singin' a Lonesome Song: Texas Prison Tales [Paperback]

Gary Brown's book of prison tales is an extremely well written, captivating (no pun intended) collection of stories about the various inhabitants who have made up the history of the Texas prison system. The material is rich, varied and well researched....is an engaging collection that is unlikely to dissappoint any of its readers.These prison tales include chain-bus drivers, wild bull riders, and a prison baseball team that took on the Texas semi-pro champions in Houston's old Buff Stadium. They include inmates and prisoners of war supplying materials to the Confederate army and convict laborers building a state railroad and quarrying granite for the beautiful state capitol in Austin.Texas convicts and inmates have made the Texas prison system the most colorful in the world over the past 150 years. T