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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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In 1963, just weeks before the original publication of this book, the last prisoner was escorted off Devils Island and Alcatraz ceased to be a prison. Author J. Campbell Bruce chronicles in spellbinding detail the Rocks 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 Americas most violent and notorious prisoners resided in tortuous proximity to one of the worlds 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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This study provides the only available chronologically complete history of Alcatraz Island. It challenges many commonly held assumptions about Alcatraz as a prison for dangerous criminals.
Alcatraz Island (Calif.) -- History. --- Military Prison at Alcatraz Island, California -- History. --- Prisons -- California -- Alcatraz Island -- History. --- United States Penitentiary, Alcatraz Island, California -- History. --- Prisons --- Social Welfare & Social Work --- Social Sciences --- Criminology, Penology & Juvenile Delinquency --- Dungeons --- Gaols --- Penitentiaries --- Correctional institutions --- Imprisonment --- Prison-industrial complex --- History --- United States Penitentiary, Alcatraz Island, California --- Military Prison at Alcatraz Island, California --- History. --- Alcatraz Island (Calif.) --- U.S. Military Prison, Alcatraz, Cal. --- Rock (Penitentiary) --- Alcatraz (Penitentiary) --- Alcatraz Island Federal Penitentiary --- United States Disciplinary Barracks, Alcatraz Island
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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!"--
Prisons --- History --- United States Penitentiary, Alcatraz Island, California --- History --- Alcatraz Island (Calif.) --- History
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Buildings --- Historic buildings --- Prisons --- United States Penitentiary, Alcatraz Island, California.
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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 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"--
Fathers and sons --- Winder, John H. --- Winder, William A. --- Confederate States of America. --- United States. --- Military Prison at Alcatraz Island, California. --- U.S. Army --- US Army --- P.A.C.S. --- PACS --- United States Penitentiary, Alcatraz Island, California --- U.S. Military Prison, Alcatraz, Cal. --- Prisons. --- United States --- History --- Prisoners and prisons. --- Prisoners, Exchange of --- United States Disciplinary Barracks, Alcatraz Island
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