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Jail Journal: Or Five Years In British Prisons (1854) is an autobiographical account of John Mitchel's imprisonment in British prisons for his involvement in the Irish nationalist movement. Mitchel, an Irish journalist and political activist, was arrested in 1848 for his role... Read Full Overview

Jail Journal: Or Five Years In British Prisons is a memoir written by John Mitchel and originally published in 1854. The book recounts Mitchel's experiences during his imprisonment in various British prisons from 1848 to 1853. Mitchel was an Irish nationalist and journalist who... Read Full Overview

Jail Journal: Or Five Years In British Prisons is a memoir written by John Mitchel and published in 1854. The book chronicles Mitchel's experiences as an Irish nationalist and his imprisonment in various British prisons, including the infamous Bermuda penal colony. Mitchel describes... Read Full Overview

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original... Read Full Overview

Jail Journal: Or Five Years In British Prisons is a memoir written by John Mitchel in 1854. The book details Mitchel's experiences as a political prisoner in British jails during the mid-19th century. Mitchel was an Irish revolutionary who was imprisoned for his involvement in... Read Full Overview