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Yukinori Yanagi : Field Work on Alcatraz.
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Year: 1996 Publisher: San Francisco : Capp Street Project,

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Alcatraz.
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ISBN: 1534172637 Year: 2020 Publisher: Ann Arbor : Cherry Lake Publishing,

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"Would you have survived in Alcatraz? Make decisions and tally your score to find out. Written at a lower reading level with considerate text, these high maturity books are sure to grab struggling readers as they engage and play along. Also includes a table of contents, glossary, index, author biography, sidebars, educational matter, and activities"--


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Escape from Alcatraz
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ISBN: 0307815838 1299161855 Year: 2005 Publisher: Berkeley, Calif. : Ten Speed Press,

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In 1963, just weeks before the original publication of this book, the last prisoner was escorted off Devil’s Island and Alcatraz ceased to be a prison. Author J. Campbell Bruce chronicles in spellbinding detail the Rock’s transition from a Spanish fort to the maximum-security penitentiary that housed such infamous inmates as Robert Stroud, aka the Birdman of Alcatraz, and mobster Al “Scarface” Capone. The chapters describing the daring escape attempts by Frank Morris and two accomplices from this “inescapable” prison became the basis for the 1979 Clint Eastwood movie. Discover the intriguing and absorbing saga of Alcatraz, whose name is still synonymous with punitive isolation and deprivation, where America’s most violent and notorious prisoners resided in tortuous proximity to one of the world’s favorite cities. The true-crime classic first published in 1963 is reissued in this special edition. Includes archival photos of the prison and prison life. This story will appeal to Bay Area locals and tourists alike. Alcatraz hosts more than a million visitors each year.


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Escape from Alcatraz : A Farewell to the Rock.
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ISBN: 9781839748967 Year: 2022 Publisher: Chicago : Braunfell Books,

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Alcatraz : The History of an Island Prison: From the Development to an American Myth
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ISBN: 0773420711 9780773420717 9780773415966 0773415963 Year: 2011 Publisher: Lewiston : The Edwin Mellen Press,


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Where is Alcatraz
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ISBN: 0451532767 Year: 2016 Publisher: [Place of publication not identified] Grosset & Dunlap An Imprint of Penguin Random House

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"Escape from the ordinary and break into Alcatraz, America's most famous prison! The island of Alcatraz has always been a place that's fascinated visitors, from the Native American tribes who believed it was home to evil spirits to the Spanish explorers who discovered the island. In modern times, it was a federal prison for only 29 years, but now draws over a million visitors each year. Learn the history of America's most famous prison, from its initial construction as a fort in the 1800s, to its most famous residents such as Al Capone and 'Machine Gun' Kelly. Where Is Alcatraz? also chronicles some of the most exciting escape attempts--even one that involved chipping through stone with spoons and constructing rafts out of raincoats!"--


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Alcatraz Island, Main Prison Building, Golden Gate National Recreation Area, San Francisco, California
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Year: 2005 Publisher: [Harpers Ferry, W.Va.] : Media Services, Harpers Ferry Center, National Park Service,

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Six Against the Rock : The Searing True Account of Six Unstoppable Men and the Most Spectacular Jailbreak in American History.
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ISBN: 1504060741 Year: 2020 Publisher: Newburyport : MysteriousPress.com,

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Battle at Alcatraz : a desperate attempt to escape the Rock
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ISBN: 1936374579 Year: 1999 Publisher: Omaha, Neb. : Addicus Books,

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One of the bloddiest battles in the history of American prisons occurred at Alcatraz in May 1946, when prisoners staged a breakout, obtaining guns from the gun gallery and taking nine guards hostage. The escape attempt was the cumination of months of methodical planning. But, when a last-minute glitch foiled their escape, inmates shot the hostages in effort to leave no witnesses. Before order was restored, thousands of rounds were fired by federal prison personnel and a detachment of the U.S. Marines. Among the guards who survived the shooting was Ernie Lageson, Sr. the author's father. N


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The war criminal's son
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ISBN: 1640121846 1640121862 9781640121867 9781640121843 9781612349114 1612349110 9781640121850 Year: 2019 Publisher: Lincoln

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"The hitherto unknown saga of Union Captain William Andrew Winder and his father Confederate General John H. Winder, who both served as prison commandants during the Civil War, becoming blood-sworn enemies"--

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