Magee, Doug
Slow Coming Dark: Interviews on Death Row
Slow Coming Dark: Interviews on Death Row
New York: Pilgrim Press, 1980. Review Copy. Octavo in dark grey boards with black text; black and white jacket; 181 pages: illustrations; 24 cm Slight edgewear to otherwise fine jacket; a near fine copy with clean pages and tight binding. Hardcover. ISBN: 9780829804003, 0829804005
Contains press clippings from release of book. "Interviews with [...] death row inmates are recorded in Slow Coming Dark, a work of unusual depth, understanding, and compassion. [...] Photojournalist Doug MAgee came face to face with this physical and psychological distance when he was assigned by Newsweek to cover the execution of John Spenkelink in Florida. He felt that the American public should know more about the people we have sentenced to die." --Jacket. Over 10 interviews with inmates, accompanied by photo portraits, appendix and bibliography.