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Prisoner Otto Wood Turns to Memoirs Amid Art and Escapes
In a North Carolina state prison, inmate Otto Wood writes a memoir titled True History of My Life detailing his crime spree and escapes. fellow inmate Joe Johnson creates artwork revealing a path from vice to murder while Wood reflects on his life, family, and desire for reform behind grim walls.
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State Prison
Otto Wood
State Penitentiary
George Ross Pou
Will Campbell
A. W. Kaplan
Greensboro
Wood
North Carolina
Tennessee
John Starnes
Winston-Salem
Hagerstown
Bluefield
West Virginia
Mingo County
Wilkesboro
Desperado
Union
Old North State
O. Henry
Elm Street
Clegg
Kaplan