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Dry Guillotine
Dry Guillotine is the English translation of the French phrase ''la guillotine sèche'', which was prisoner slang for the Devil's Island penal colony at French Guiana. It is also the title of several articles by various authors and most notably, a very influential and successful book by former prisoner #46,635, René Belbenoît. Examples of usage By Charles W. Furlong The earliest work in the United States making use of the term "dry guillotine" appears as a 14-page article in ''Harper's Magazine'', titled "Cayenne-the Dry Guillotine" (June 1913), by Charles W. Furlong, FRGS. The article carefully details the cruel and often intentionally lethal conditions of life for '' bagnards'' (prisoners) in French Guiana and lists, by name, several specific examples of young men doomed to live out their lives at one of the many camps or prisons which comprised the prison colony commonly, but incorrectly, referred to today as Devil's Island. By René Belbenoît The best known work by this na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
René Belbenoît
Jules René Lucien Belbenoît (; 4 April 1899 – 25 February 1959) was a French prisoner on Devil's Island who successfully escaped to the United States. He later published the memoirs, ''Dry Guillotine'' (1938) and ''Hell on Trial'' (1940), about his exploits. Early life René Belbenoît was born on April 4, 1899, in Paris. During his childhood, in the 1900s, Belbenoît was abandoned by his mother, Louise Daumière, while she was working as a teacher for the children of the Czar of Russia. Belbenoît's father, Louis Belbenoît, who worked as the conductor of the Paris-Orleans Express, was rarely at home and could not raise the young René himself. Belbenoît was then sent to live with his grandparents. In 1911, when Belbenoît was 12 years old, his grandparents died suddenly and he, again in need of a parental figure, went to Paris where he lived with, and worked for, his uncle at a popular nightclub. Between 1913 and 1916, Belbenoît worked in uncle's nightclub, the Café ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Guillotine Sèche
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Blair Niles
Blair Niles (née Mary Blair Rice, 1880–1959) was an American novelist and travel writer. She was a founding member of the Society of Woman Geographers. Early life and expeditions Born Mary Blair Rice, Blair was born on ''The Oaks,'' her parents' plantation in Staunton, Virginia. She was educated at home by her mother, Marie Gordon "Gordy" Rice, who taught a night school for her four children and children of the sharecroppers. At age 14, Blair attended the Northfield Seminary for Young Ladies in Massachusetts and then the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, where she studied domestic science. In 1902, she married William Beebe, Curator of Birds at the New York Zoological Park, now the Bronx Zoo. Within the first year of their marriage, they went on three honeymoon expeditions: to Nova Scotia, Oak Lodge, a boarding house for naturalists on the Indian River in Florida, and to Cobb Island, Virginia. In 1904, they traveled to Mexico, and in 1908 and 1909, they traveled to Venezuela an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prison Writings
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Defunct Prisons In French Guiana
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French Guianan Culture
French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents ** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with France ** French cuisine, cooking traditions and practices Fortnite French places Arts and media * The French (band), a British rock band * "French" (episode), a live-action episode of ''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!'' * ''Française'' (film), 2008 * French Stewart (born 1964), American actor Other uses * French (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name) * French (tunic), a particular type of military jacket or tunic used in the Russian Empire and Soviet Union * French's, an American brand of mustard condiment * French catheter scale, a unit of measurement of diameter * French Defence, a chess opening * French kiss, a type of kiss involving the tongue See also * France (other) * Franch, a surname * French ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Banco (novel)
''Banco'' is a 1972 autobiography by Henri Charrière, it is a sequel to his previous novel '' Papillon''. It documents Charrière's life in Venezuela, where he arrived after his escape from the penal colony A penal colony or exile colony is a settlement used to exile prisoners and separate them from the general population by placing them in a remote location, often an island or distant colonial territory. Although the term can be used to refer to ... on Devil's Island. Synopsis Continuing on from ''Papillon'', ''Banco'' relates Henri's life in Venezuela attempting to raise funds to seek revenge for his false imprisonment and to see his father. After many failed enterprises, including diamond mining, a bank robbery and a jewellery heist, he found success in Venezuela running various restaurants. The book provides more detail about the crime he was falsely accused and convicted of committing in France, his arrest, trial and views on French justice. Towards the end of the book ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Papillon (book)
''Papillon'' (, "butterfly") is a fantastical novel written by Henri Charrière, first published in France on 30 April 1969. ''Papillon'' is Charrière's nickname. The novel details ''Papillon's'' purported incarceration and subsequent escape from the Devil's Island, French penal colony of French Guiana, and covers a 14-year period between 1931 and 1945. Synopsis The book is an account of a 14-year period in Papillon's life (October 26, 1931 to October 18, 1945), beginning when he was wrongly convicted of murder in France and sentenced to a life of hard labor at the Devil's Island, ''Bagne de Cayenne'', the penal colony of Cayenne in French Guiana known as Devil's Island. He eventually escaped from the colony and settled in Venezuela, where he lived and prospered. After a brief stay at a prison in Caen, Papillon was put aboard a vessel bound for South America, where he learned about the brutal life that prisoners endured at the prison colony. Violence and murders were common amo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henri Charrière
Henri Charrière (; 16 November 1906 – 29 July 1973) was a French writer, convicted in 1931 as a murderer by the French courts and pardoned in 1970. He wrote the novel '' Papillon'', a memoir of his incarceration in and escape from a penal colony in French Guiana. While Charrière claimed that ''Papillon'' was largely true, modern researchers believe that much of the book’s material came from other inmates, rather than Charrière himself. Charrière denied committing the murder, although he freely admitted to having committed various other petty crimes prior to his incarceration. Biography Early life Charrière was born at Saint-Étienne-de-Lugdarès, Ardèche, France. He had two older sisters. His mother died when he was 10. At 17 in 1923, he enlisted in the French Navy and served for two years. After that, he became a member of the Paris underworld. He later married and had a daughter. Imprisonment The version of his life presented in his semi-biographical novel, ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blue Ribbon Books
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Condemned To Devil's Island
Condemned or The Condemned may refer to: Legal * Persons awaiting execution * A condemned property, or condemned building, by a local authority, usually for public health or safety reasons * A condemned property seized by power of eminent domain Media Film * ''Condemned'' (1923 film), an American silent comedy starring Mildred Davis * ''Condemned'' (1929 film), an American melodrama starring Ronald Colman * ''Condemned'' (1953 film), a Spanish melodrama * ''The Condemned'' (1975 film), a 1975 Austrian-West German drama * ''Condemned'' (1984 film), a Filipino film noir * ''The Condemned'', a 2007 American action film * ''The Condemned 2'', a 2015 action film, sequel to the 2007 film * ''Condemned'' (2015 film), an American horror film Music * A song from ''Penetrations from the Lost World'' (reissue), by Dimension Zero * A song from ''A Sense of Purpose'' by In Flames * A song from ''The Powerless Rise ''The Powerless Rise'' is the fifth studio album by American metalcore ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
California
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