Of Time and Punishment

By Jerry D. Mathes

The story centers between Mathes's release from federal prison and his release from the purgatory of a halfway house in Las Vegas, Nevada in 1985. Mathes had been an honorable, decorated soldier in the Army National Guard who had become a federal inmate after conviction for my role in covering up the theft of a machine-gun by a friend. At its heart, it is the story of a young man, who after his release from prison, struggles to create a new life as he searches for work and friendship with the stigma of being a felon as he copes with a fractured sense of identity, his past, and the lure of booze he is forbidden to have.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1622882822
• ISBN13: 9781622882823
• Release Date: October 2025
• Publisher: Stephen F. Austin University Press
• Length: 310 Pages
• Age Range: 18 years and up