Conversations With The Dead
Softcover | First Edition | 196 pages
Published by Holt, Rinehart Winston, 1971.
This book is a collection of photographs documenting prison life in six Texas penitentiaries. Taken over a fourteen-month period in 1967, Danny Lyon captures the stark reality of the prisoners' existence—both in their daily routines and in isolation. The book also includes personal letters and drawings from Billy McCune, a life-sentenced prisoner Lyon befriended, offering a unique glimpse into the inner lives of the incarcerated. Conversations With The Dead is considered one of Lyon's most powerful works, highlighting the human condition within the confines of the American prison system.
Condition: good (shelf wear due to age, some staining and yellowing)