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A review by aireee
Dannemora: Two Escaped Killers, Three Weeks of Terror, and the Largest Manhunt Ever in New York State by Charles A. Gardner
3.0
3.5 stars
This book has been written by a current municipal judge and former correctional officer lieutenant who had worked at Clinton Max years before the inmate escape became national headlines, and who also lives in the town the inmates escaped from. Fascinating story. Amazing prison break.
Overall, I appreciated the backdrop of the NYS prison systems, the obvious politically-driven policy changes over the years, the cost-saving cutbacks, the obvious breakdown in security (due to these cutbacks), the backdrop of the inmates upbringing and subsequent life of crime leading to the escape, and the descriptive environment of the escapees routes, etc.
The repetitiveness was apparent but not too irritating. However what I did NOT appreciate was the author’s opinions, “peanut gallery” and biased comments he made a point to include regarding other people involved. Nobody asked him for his views and opinions. Just the facts, that is all I wanted to read. If he wanted to state his opinions or grievances, even with respect to the faulty manhunt and lack of proper protocols, he should have included an “afterward” in the book - not throughout the book. That was hella tacky.
This book has been written by a current municipal judge and former correctional officer lieutenant who had worked at Clinton Max years before the inmate escape became national headlines, and who also lives in the town the inmates escaped from. Fascinating story. Amazing prison break.
Overall, I appreciated the backdrop of the NYS prison systems, the obvious politically-driven policy changes over the years, the cost-saving cutbacks, the obvious breakdown in security (due to these cutbacks), the backdrop of the inmates upbringing and subsequent life of crime leading to the escape, and the descriptive environment of the escapees routes, etc.
The repetitiveness was apparent but not too irritating. However what I did NOT appreciate was the author’s opinions, “peanut gallery” and biased comments he made a point to include regarding other people involved. Nobody asked him for his views and opinions. Just the facts, that is all I wanted to read. If he wanted to state his opinions or grievances, even with respect to the faulty manhunt and lack of proper protocols, he should have included an “afterward” in the book - not throughout the book. That was hella tacky.