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Escape from Alcatraz Book

Escape from Alcatraz : Paperback : Random House USA Inc : 9781580086783 : 1580086780 : 30 Apr 2005 : In 1963, just weeks before the original publication of this book, the last prisoner was escorted off Devilâ??s Island and Alcatraz ceased to be a prison. Author J. Campbell Bruce chronicles in spellbinding detail the Rockâ??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 â??Scarfaceâ? Capone. The chapters describing the daring escape attempts by Frank Morris and two accomplices from this...Read More

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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.

  • 1580086780
  • 9781580086783
  • J.Campbell Bruce
  • 1 April 2005
  • Ten Speed Press
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 240
  • New edition
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