Breakfast with the Devil: The Story of a Professional Jail Breaker

In 1960, 18-year-old Wayne Carlson was convicted for stealing cars, and spent his twenties and thirties in penitentiaries and prisons across Canada and the US. But Carlson was no ordinary inmate -- what set him apart was his penchant for escaping from captivity. From Saskatchewan to Vermont, Carlson broke out of jail 13 times, making him the most-escaped prisoner in modern North American history. More than just a skilful escape artist, ever since gaining his freedom in 1998, Carlson has become one of Canada's most respected activists for prison reform. He is a member of the Samaritans of Southern Alberta and a founding member of The Prison Sams Program, a group that brings attention to the correlation between prison and suicide. This memoir is both a wild ride with an outlaw and a first-hand look at life behind bars in some of North America's maximum security prisons. But above all else, Carlson's memoir is an amazing tale of one man, driven by his desire for freedom, reaching beyond the realm of the possible. They didn¹t call him Houdini for nothing.Carlson, L. Wayne is the author of 'Breakfast with the Devil: The Story of a Professional Jail Breaker', published 2006 under ISBN 9781895837186 and ISBN 1895837189.