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Lessons from San Quentin: Everything I Needed to Know about Life I Learned in Prison
Real-estate entrepreneur Bill Dallas's charmed life changed dramatically when he was charged, convicted, and sentenced to five years in prison for grand-theft embezzlement. "Lessons from San Quentin" tells the amazing true story of how one man's life was changed for the better due to the hardships encountered at the legendary maximum-security prison. Using storie...more
Hardcover, 207 pages
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by Tyndale House Publishers
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Easy read and straight to the point. It's refreshing and encouraging for me to read the story of Bill Dallas. The thought of jail/prison can be so discouraging and frustrating for many of us in jail ministry. As dark of a place as it is, and as inappropriate for human as it seems, surprisingly the prison to Bill Dallas was a place where he found transformation and hope through Christ and also through his friendship with the Lifers. For example, the lack of personal choices in prison would be a h...more
This book provides a great contrast to so many fictionalized accounts of prison. The author goes to prison, suffers terribly because of his grief over his fate, then begins to recover when one of the 'lifers' persuades him to accept a job as a sweeper. Thus begins the former wheeler-dealer's penitence (in the classic sense) and his recovery, much of which involves learning the value of work--even very simple work--and the role work plays in a man's life.
From the lifers he learns ...more
From the lifers he learns ...more
I find these kind of stories irresistable. This one has both good and bad qualities being about prison and finding God.I do think there is some correlation to being down and out and finding God. This book focused on how men in prison do this. The glimpses of life there were fleeting but felt true, and not for "show".
The good: I do very much like the author's chapters on self image and self obsession, I think his take on why prisoners return to prison is the best reason I've...more
The good: I do very much like the author's chapters on self image and self obsession, I think his take on why prisoners return to prison is the best reason I've...more
This book offers simplistic advice about how to live life from the perspective of a prison inmate. Although it means well, the pat answers and uninvolved suggestions for how to live the gospel left me unsatisfied. The author suggests that if you follow his rules then your life will all work out great. I wish it were that easy. If you have never read anything concerning Christianity this is a very simplistic explanation.
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A captivating story detailing the changes God wrought in the life of Bill Dallas as he served a 5 year sentence in one of the nation's toughest prisons. Here he shares the lessons God taught him through San Quentin's "Lifers" and he passes those revelations along to the reader in an engaging and conversational style. The lessons are practical and applicable to every Christian walk and is a testimony to the amazing power of God to change and transform lives and lead even the most hopele...more
Bill lets us into his life through his telling of the lessons God taught him the hard way. What a blessing he is to the church because of what God did in his life. Thank you for the many relevant principles shared within the pages of this book.
The principles were good. The writing was mediocre. I liked the book, but I would liked to have had a bit more of the author's personal story. His three fold chapter division was ok, but it disrupted the flow to some degree.
Book about a man that had everything, then lost it all and went to prison for fraud. Tells his life in San Quentin and how he changed his life from the inmates actions and his observations from prison life.
Could have told his story and the lessons he learned with far fewer words and pages. Encouraging, but too slow and redundant in many parts.
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True story of how prison changed a young business tychoon.
Really liked this book. Go Bill!
Highly repetitive.
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