In this raw, unflinching second volume of his prison memoir, Dr. John M. Cobin continues his harrowing account of wrongful imprisonment in Chile's Valparaíso penal system. Bearing the Cross, Book Two takes readers deeper into the corruption, abuse, and daily struggle for survival that define Chile's criminal justice apparatus -- while showing how Christian faith sustained the author through his darkest days. A gringo political prisoner exposes the injustice, degradation, and torment of the...

Herman Joachim Bang (1857 - 1912) var dansk kritiker, forfatter og journalist. Er kendt for sin impressionistiske skrivestil. Herman Bang døde i Ogden i Utah i USA under en oplæsningsturné og er begravet på Vestre Kirkegård i København.

Bearing the Cross - Book One: Valparaíso (Part 1) tells the true story of how Dr. John M. Cobin's life of scholarship, ministry, and family was overturned in a single moment of self-defense - and how he came to enter one of Chile's hardest prisons. An American-born economist of Italian descent who earned his PhD in public policy, a Baptist pastor, a father of seven and grandfather of seven, Cobin opens with an unflinching autobiographical introduction before the doors of Valparaíso close b...