Hacksaw is a book written by Edward Jones, escape artist extraordinare. He sucessfully escaped from prison fourteen different times, making him somewhat of a criminal legend. Unfortunately for him, escaping fourteen times means that he got caught that many times as well, which does not say much for his ability to evade the police and FBI. While excessively good at escaping from prison, he was absolutely stupid when he was...
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I've read many books about escape but most are POW's or convict stories from early in the century. This is one of the few that takes place in more modern times & in North America. Even though I have read of lots of daring escapes this guys really impressed me with how good he was at escaping. Memorable book.
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I recently read a book for my ninth grade English class, and I chose the book Hacksaw, By Edward Jones. It was an intense thriller with suspense and cunning wit. I was amazed at the writing level of this book and reccommend it to everyone.
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Newly streaming on Netflix, the movie Radium Girls is based on the book of the same name. The novel chronicles the harrowing fight of the young working-class women who took on corporate America in the 1920s after being poisoned by working with radium paint in clock factories.