| Book Review |
Although
a work of fiction Whitehead's story of a young black boy on his way to
college hitches a ride in a stolen car and both he and the driver were
sentenced. Ellwood went to Nickel to be reformed. The Nickel campus was
based on Dozzier School for boys in Marianna, Florida. Disguised as a
reform school, this prison beat out the spirit of defenseless kids.
Inmates were tortured and many killed and buried on property. NPR later
did a feature on the school after it was closed, and the high tech
equipment being used by archeologists to detect graves. NPR interviewed
some of the survivors willing to talk, who are now in their late 60s. |
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