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The Letter to His Mother and a Burglar's Plan
No. 60,108 endures a year in prison and longs for his mother. A coded romance with a fellow inmate prompts plans to write and to improvise a getaway. The burglar Bill Hawkins mentors him, guiding a secret suit craft and a path to freedom through patient, perilous fabrication.
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Montgomery
Bill
Sing Sing
Margaret Wadhams
Miss Wadhams
James
Garrett
New York
Westervelt
Nyack
Pnb
Hudson
Bill Hawkins
Billi
Idaho Shorty