The brutal honesty, the funny stories mixed in with the bad and the authors general take on his life just kept me reading! During the Vietnam war, he served as a medic in the thick of the gore and was special ops trained like Jason Bourne. The majority of pages are undamaged with some creasing or tearing, and pencil underlining of text, but this is minimal. Jamie’s journey to America started as a child when he was taken from the Isle of Man to Canada before ending up in the US and being sold to a family aged 14.

Jamie, who now lives in Ryton, Gateshead, says it has been an incredible journey and is still coming to terms with at last achieving his goal.S. prison system and was to stay there for 34 years with stints in San Quentin, Folsom State Prison and the notorious Deuel Vocational Institution (DVI) in California. I enjoy prison stories, but some of the outrageous claims in this were hard to believe and took away from the story. Poorer inmates would volunteer their bodies as canvases for those learning to draw tattoos, Jamie claims.

You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. He hasnt let it effect his freedom now, instead after his release in 2018 he decided to share his story with us all.On February 21, 1954, he was born Morgan James Kane but his birth was not registered and soon after he was dumped on the doorstep of his grandparents home while his mother fled, never to be seen again. Jamie entered the American prison system and was to stay there for 34 years with stints in San Quentin , Folsom State Prison and the notorious Deuel Vocational Institution (DVI) in California. I have no idea why this man put himself in the position of going to prison for something he didn’t do. Please note that your continued use of the Acast service will be deemed an acceptance of this update. They would sharpen them in either warm water, the hottest we ever got, or disinfectant we were given to mop the floor with.

He spends his time writing and giving talks as well as pursuing wood modelling and art - a passion he developed in prison. Jamie entered the American prison system and was to stay there for 34 years with stints in San Quentin, Folsom State Prison and the notorious Deuel Vocational Institution in California. Fearing that he would be held responsible, and sensing that his wife was somehow involved, he wanted to do all he could to protect his young family. The calm narration, in the way that his writing appeared to take each day as it came, as just a part of life, made prison seem tough, unfair, but doable if you stay in shape, fight when necessary, but stay away from gangs and have a "You-do-your-thing-I'll-do-mine" attitude.The Chalke History Festival announces a new name, new look, and tons for history buffs to get their teeth into! There are details in the book which seem made up (and possibly could be), but, the majority seems legit and very exciting.