Prisoner in Alcatraz
Author | : Theresa Breslin |
Publisher | : Gyldendal Uddannelse |
Total Pages | : 76 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9788702054828 |
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Author | : Theresa Breslin |
Publisher | : Gyldendal Uddannelse |
Total Pages | : 76 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9788702054828 |
Author | : Jay Stuller |
Publisher | : Golden Gate National Parks Association |
Total Pages | : 41 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9781883869359 |
In words and photographs, this book captures the most famous -- or infamous -- aspect of the island's history, its years as a maximum-security federal penitentiary. Called variously "Uncle Sam's Devil's Island, " "Hellcatraz, " and other fearsome names, Alcatraz had a reputation among convicts as the prison of last resort.
Author | : Jim Quillen |
Publisher | : Golden Gate National Park Assn |
Total Pages | : 164 |
Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9780962520617 |
In this fascinating autobiographical account, Jim Quillen tells the amazing story of his decade incarcerated in America's most infamous prison -- how he got there, how he stayed alive inside, and, most important, how he found the inspiration and courage to get out.
Author | : Jim Quillen |
Publisher | : Random House |
Total Pages | : 384 |
Release | : 2015-01-15 |
Genre | : True Crime |
ISBN | : 1473518482 |
Each day we saw the outside world in all its splendour, and each day that view served as a reminder that we had wasted and ruined our lives. Jim Quillen, AZ586 - a runaway, problem child and petty thief - was jailed several times before his twentieth birthday. In August 1942, after escaping from San Quentin, he was arrested on the run and sentenced to forty-five years in prison, and later transferred to Alcatraz. This is the true story of life inside America's most notorious prison - from terrifying times in solitary confinement to daily encounters with 'the Birdman', and what really happened during the desperate and deadly 1946 escape attempt.
Author | : Michael Esslinger |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 608 |
Release | : 2016-11-22 |
Genre | : True Crime |
ISBN | : 9780970461469 |
ALCATRAZ: the name alone said it all... It was meant to send a shudder down the spines of the nation's most incorrigible criminals. It stripped Al Capone of his power. It tamed "Machine Gun" Kelly into a model of decorum. It took the birds away from the Birdman of Alcatraz.This mammoth reference navigates the island's history through rarely seen documents, interviews and hundreds of pages of historic photographs. Author interviews range from men such as legendary FBI fugitive James Whitey Bulger; Dale Stamphill, a principle in the 1938 escape with Doc Barker and Henry Young; to Atom Spy Morton Sobell, the co-defendant of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg. Michael Esslinger thoroughly details the prominent events, inmates, and life inside the most infamous prison in American History. His research included hundreds of hours examining actual Alcatraz inmate case files (including rare original documents from Al Capone, Machine Gun Kelly, and over a hundred others) exploring the prison grounds from the rooftop to the waterfront to help retrace events, escape routes, in addition to conducting various interviews with former inmates and guards. His study has resulted in detailed accounts of all the recorded escape attempts including the Battle of Alcatraz. A detailed account of the 1962 escape of Frank Morris and the Anglin Brothers provides rare insight extracted through photos, and over 1,700 pages of FBI and Bureau of Prisons investigative notes. Detailed narratives of Alcatraz's most notable inmates who include Robert Stroud (Birdman of Alcatraz), Al Capone, Machine Gun Kelly, Frank Morris, the Anglin Brothers, Doc Barker, Joe Cretzer, Bernard Coy, Miran Thompson, Sam Shockley, and many-many others. Alcatraz: A History of the Penitentiary Years, is a comprehensive reference on the history of Alcatraz and contains one of the most comprehensive archives of inmate and prison life photographs (over 1,000).
Author | : James A. Johnston |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 318 |
Release | : 1949 |
Genre | : Jails |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Leon W. Thompson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1994-03 |
Genre | : Prisoners |
ISBN | : 9780671743635 |
This autobiography of a former Alcatraz inmate is a harrowing, brutally honest account of one man's years on "The Rock". From 1958 to 1962, Whitey Thompson was one of Alcatraz's last inmates, released four months before the prison was closed down as obsolete and inhumane. 8-page insert.
Author | : Cory Kincade |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 69 |
Release | : 2008-06-01 |
Genre | : True Crime |
ISBN | : 9780961875244 |
Psychological profiles of the most famous prisoners on Alcatraz including Al Capone, Machine Gun Kelly, Doc Barker, Creepy Karpis, Mickey Cohen, Whitey Bulger + nine others.
Author | : Judith Janda Presnall |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : Alcatraz Island (Calif.) |
ISBN | : 9781560066392 |
Prison, and the island's future roles.
Author | : Marilyn Tower Oliver |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 138 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : |
This book traces the intriguing history of Alcatraz Island, located off the coast of San Francisco, from the earliest years of Spanish exploration to the present day. Highlighting the unique geographical features of the island, it shows how Alcatraz went through many changes, being used over the years as a military facility, a notorious federal prison widely believed to be escape-proof, as well as the site of American Indian uprisings.