Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction. A Is for Aardvark -- Part One. Literacy in the Eighteenth-Century Gaol -- 1. Books Behind Bars -- 2. Crime, Ink -- Part Two. Literacy in the Early Penitentiary -- 3. What Shall a Convict Do -- 4. Written by One Who Knows -- Afterword. Good Convict, Good Citizen? -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author