The Twin HellsTHE TWIN HELLSReading editionChapter navigation23 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…THE TWIN HELLSTO MY DEAR OLD MOTHER AND TO THE MEMORY OF MY SAINTED WIFE THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED BY THE AUTHOR.PREFACEChapter I · MY INITIATION AND CRIMEChapter II · THE COAL MINESChapter III · THE COAL MINES (Continued)Chapter IV · THE PUNISHMENTS OF THE PRISONChapter V · SUNDAY IN THE PRISONChapter VI · SCENES IN THE HOSPITALChapter VII · ESCAPES FROM PRISONChapter VIII · THE PRISONERSChapter IX · FORTY-EIGHT HOURS IN HELLChapter X · STOLEN HORSESChapter XI · CANDIDATE FOR THE STATE SENATEChapter XII · A DARK HOURChapter XIII · FREEDOMChapter XIV · THE CONVICT'S HOMEChapter XV · THE WORK OF THE CONVICTChapter XVI · THE MISSOURI PRISONERSChapter XVII · THE MISSOURI PRISONERS—(Continued)Chapter XVIII · PRISON DISCIPLINEChapter XIX · NOTED CONVICTSChapter XX · THE EX-CONVICTBeginning of this editionNext chapter →TO MY DEAR OLD MOTHER AND TO THE MEMORY OF MY SAINTED WIFE THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED BY THE AUTHOR.All chapters and sections (23)Other sectionsTHE TWIN HELLSTO MY DEAR OLD MOTHER AND TO THE MEMORY OF MY SAINTED WIFE THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED BY THE AUTHOR.PREFACEChapters1234567891011121314151617181920A Thrilling Narrative of Life in the Kansas and Missouri PenitentiariesBy John N. ReynoldsATCHISON, KANSAS.TO MY DEAR OLD MOTHER AND TO THE MEMORY OF MY SAINTED WIFE THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED BY THE AUTHOR. →