| 词条 | Edward Morrell |
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Morrell had been subjected to severe physical abuse in prison. After his release, he lectured widely on his experiences and advocated prison reform.[3] He lectured with former San Quentin prisoner and author, Donald Lowrie.[4] Morrell's lectures included addresses to the California and Pennsylvania legislatures. He advocated the abolition of corporal punishment. In 1914, he wrote a one-act play, The Incorrigible, based on his experiences (and one of his nicknames). In 1924, he published his memoirs, The 25th Man: The Strange Story of Ed. Morrell, the Hero of Jack London's Star Rover. Morrell was born in Thomaston, Pennsylvania on October 22, 1868. He came to California in 1891. "In his later years, he was a colorful habitue of Gower Gulch and a frequenter of Hollywood and Vine, the crony and pet of Hollywood film people." He died, age 78, in Los Angeles on November 10, 1946.[5][6] See also
References1. ^"Five Years in the Solitary Dungeon", by Jack Jungmeyer, The San Francisco Sunday Call, February 14, 1909. 2. ^The Star Rover was adapted for the 1920 film of the same name, and the 2005 film The Jacket, thus indirectly preserving Morrell on celluloid. 3. ^For example, "Ed Morrell's Act Is Too Realistic", The San Francisco Call, June 24, 1912. 4. ^Lowrie, Donald. My Life Out of Prison (1915). 5. ^"Last Railroad-Raiding Bandit, Ed Morrell, Dies," Los Angeles Times, November 12, 1946. 6. ^Sifakis, Carl. The Encyclopedia of American Prisons, Edward Morrell entry pp. 169-171, Facts on File, Inc., 2003. External links
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