Inside Alcatraz

Author: Jim Quillen
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1473518482
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 386

Book Description
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.

Alcatraz from Inside

Author: Jim Quillen
Publisher: Golden Gate National Park Assn
ISBN: 9780962520617
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 164

Book Description
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.

Prisoner in Alcatraz

Author: Theresa Breslin
Publisher: Gyldendal Uddannelse
ISBN: 9788702054828
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 76

Book Description

Entombed in Alcatraz

Author: Robert Victor Luke
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780578082950
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 126

Book Description
Travel with one man on his journey through imprisonment in Alcatraz, and other prisons. He also discusses his early life and the 51 years since his release. 126 pp.

Inside the Walls of Alcatraz

Author: Frank Heaney
Publisher: Bull Publishing Company
ISBN: 9780915950812
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 127

Book Description
Traces the history of Alcatraz, describes the prisoners' daily life, and discusses demonstrations and attempted escapes

The Alcatraz Escape

Author: Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company (BYR)
ISBN: 1627799648
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 272

Book Description
Sleuthing duo Emily and James tackle their most challenging mystery yet set on the haunting Alcatraz Island in Book 3 of the New York Times bestselling Book Scavenger series! Legendary literary game-maker Garrison Griswold is back in action—this time with “Unlock the Rock.” For his latest game, Griswold has partnered with the famous--and famously reclusive--mystery writer Errol Roy to plan an epic escape room challenge on Alcatraz Island. Emily and James are eager to participate, but the wave of fame they are riding from their recent book-hunting adventures makes them a target. Threatening notes, missing items, and an accident that might not have been an accident have the duo worried that someone is trying to get them out of the game at any cost. When Emily’s brother is caught red-handed and blamed for all the wrong doings, Emily is certain Matthew is being framed. With Matthew’s record on the line, Emily and James can’t afford to leave this mystery uncracked. Christy Ottaviano Books

The Children of Alcatraz

Author: Claire Rudolf Murphy
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0802795773
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 72

Book Description
Offers a look at the life of the children who grew up on this infamous island with their families throughout its long and diverse history as a military prison, maximum security prison, and site of a Native American uprising, enhanced with period photos, interviews, and first-hand accounts.

Escape from Alcatraz

Author: J Campbell Bruce
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Escape from Alcatraz: Farewell to the Rock, was published in 1963 just weeks before the last prisoner was escorted off Devil's Island and Alcatraz. The book chronicles details the Rock's transition from a Spanish fort to the maximum-security prison that housed infamous inmates including Robert Stroud, the "Birdman of Alcatraz", and mobster Al Capone. Also included are the escape attempts by Frank Morris and two accomplices, becoming the basis for the 1979 Clint Eastwood movie of the same name. Author J. Campbell Bruce (1906-1996) was a feature writer for the San Francisco Chronicle, a lecturer, and a regular contributor to national magazines.

Alcatraz

Author: Michael Esslinger
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780970461469
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 608

Book Description
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).

Life on Alcatraz

Author: Judith Janda Presnall
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781560066392
Category : Alcatraz Island (Calif.)
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Prison, and the island's future roles.