Square John: A True Story
ISBN: 9781487584795
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University of Toronto Press
Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter



A compulsive con turned compulsive crusader against crime. Tony McGilvary emerged from 22 years behind bars to turn his own life around and help other ex-cons get jobs, get straight, and stay off the street.


Webber Marlene :

Marlene Webber is a writer living in Toronto. She is co-author, with Tony McGilvary of Square John: A True Story.

McGilvary Tony :

Tony McGilvary tells his harrowing life story to writer Marlene Webber. McGilvary is founder and first director of HELP, a program for the rehabilitation of criminals, his life's work since 1977 when he last left prison.

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