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Reprieve; the testament of John Resko. With a foreword by Carl Carmer.

Title
Reprieve; the testament of John Resko. With a foreword by Carl Carmer.
Author
Resko, John
Publication
Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday, 1956.

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285 p.; 22 cm.
Summary
Condemned to the electric chair in Sing Sing at the age of 18, John Resko is reprieved by the governor at the last minute and sentenced to life in Dannemora Prison where he has trouble adjusting to life behind bars. His interest and success as an artist there leads others to lobby for his eventual release.
Subject
  • Sing Sing Prison
  • Clinton Prison (Dannemora, N.Y.)
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Death House -- Sing Sing -- Dannemora.
LCCN
^^^56007534^/L
OCLC
  • 1444877
  • SCSB-13232902
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library