Reprieve: The Testament of John Resko

by John Resko

284 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1956

Reviews

[Sally · Rating 4 out of 5]

A remarkably satisfying book by a convicted murderer whose death sentence was commuted in 1932 to life imprisonment. Resko, once a rough kid from the Lower East Side of New York, wrote vividly and, odd as it seems, entertainingly about the seventeen years he spent as a prisoner in Dannemora, the nearly inaccessible northern "Siberia" of the New York State prison system. Resko's productivity within the system as an artist and art teacher led outsiders to lobby with eventual success for his release.

[The Final Song ❀ · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was better than i expected , i always find interesting to read accounts of people in total institutions.
its written in a really clear and concise manner depicting all the things in the life of a convict from the era.