In 1892, anarchist and Russian ŽmigrŽ Alexander Berkman was apprehended for the failed assassination of industrialist Henry Clay Frick. This was a retaliatory act meant to incite revolution against those who had violently suppressed the Homestead Steel Strike Ñ but for Berkman, it was a crime that ultimately led to his 14 year incarceration in PennsylvaniaÕs notorious Western Penitentiary. First published by Emma GoldmanÕs Mother Earth Press, Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist is a classic of autobiographical literature that recounts his experiences in the brutal, dehumanizing world of America's prison system.