"On July 27th, 1903, there occured at the California State Prison at Folsom one of the most sensational wholesale escapes on record. Thirteen convicts made a sudden dash for liberty, arming themselves from the prison armoury and taking all the principal officers of the gaol with them as hostages for their own safety. Mr. Inkersley describes the exciting events which happened thereafter in quick succession, and illustrates his narrative with a complete...

"Huell tours Folsom Prison, which for well over a century has housed some of our state's toughest characters and gets a rare look inside this landmark prison. He visits Folsom's first death row, the chapel-which contains what has to be one of the most unusual paintings of "The Last Supper," the historic "China Hill," and the seldom-seen prison graveyard, final resting place for generations of prisoners."--From website.