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John N. (John Newton) Reynolds
Best known for a vivid, hard-edged account of prison life in Kansas and Missouri, this late-19th-century writer left behind work that feels unusually direct and observant. Even the record of his full name is a little uncertain, which adds a small air of mystery to the man behind the books.
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The Twin Hells A Thrilling Narrative of Life in the Kansas and Missouri Penitentiaries
by John N. (John Newton) Reynolds
About the author
John N. Reynolds appears to have been an American writer active in the 1880s and 1890s. Wikisource identifies him as a writer from Atchison, Kansas, and notes that he is sometimes given as John Newton Reynolds, though that fuller name is not completely certain.
He is best known for The Twin Hells, a work associated with prison life in the Kansas and Missouri penitentiaries. The surviving bibliographic record available online is fairly sparse, so many personal details about his life remain unclear.
That limited record makes his writing stand out even more: Reynolds is remembered less for a well-documented public career than for the force and specificity of the work itself.