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Description

In the summer of 1971, Jack Gantos was an aspiring young writer looking for adventure, cash for college tuition, and a way out of a dead-end job. For ten thousand dollars, he recklessly agreed to help sail a boat loaded with hashish from the Virgin Islands to New York City. But federal agents... read more

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First Sentence

The prisoner in the photograph is me.

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  1. Jack Gantos (Author)
 

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