A âvividly writtenâ account of the bloody 1971 San Quentin riot by the Edgar Awardâwinning author of Zebra and Six Against the Rock (Kirkus Reviews). American Saturday traces one manâs path from the slums of Chicago to the California state prison where he embraced radicalism, was charged for the murder of a corrections officer, and eventually, was gunned down during the violent chaos following a failed escape attempt. This chilling account of an infamous prison riot comes from a writer who has been called âa superlative storytellerâ (Publishers Weekly). âThe Saturday was August 21, 1971 and the headline read âGeorge Jackson, 5 Others Slain in San Quentin.â Howardâs account traces the careers of the inmates and guards whose lives converged and ended that day, but focuses on the pivotal figure of Jackson himself, whose botched escape attemptâjust before his scheduled trial in the âSoledad Brothersâ murder caseâled to a gory riot in which three guards, two other inmates, and Jackson himself were killed. . . . Extensively researched and vividly written.â âKirkus Reviews
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