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

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

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.

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.

The Alcatraz Escape

Author: Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company (BYR)
ISBN: 1627799648
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 273

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

Alcatraz, the Prison

Author: Jay Stuller
Publisher: Golden Gate National Parks Association
ISBN: 9781883869359
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 41

Book Description
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.

The Gardener of Alcatraz

Author: Emma Bland Smith
Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing
ISBN: 1632899450
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40

Book Description
A prisoner gardens his way to freedom in this inspiring picture-book biography. When Elliott Michener was locked away in Alcatraz for counterfeiting, he was determined to defy the odds and bust out. But when he got a job tending the prison garden, a funny thing happened. He found new interests and skills--and a sense of dignity and fulfillment. Elliott transformed Alcatraz Island, and the island transformed him. Told with empathy and a storyteller's flair, Elliott's story is funny, touching, and unexpectedly relevant. Back matter about the history of Alcatraz and the US prison system today invites meaningful discussion.

Last Guard Out

Author: Jim Albright
Publisher: Author House
ISBN: 1452065012
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 214

Book Description
The Last Guard Out is the fascinating true story of one man's life as a guard behind the merciless concrete walls of Alcatraz. I was newly assigned to the infamous island penitentiary of Alcatraz. Reporting to Alcatraz required me to uproot my wife Cathy and young son Kenny from Colorado to California. As we approached San Francisco via of the Oakland Bay Bridge we got our first foreboding glance of Alcatraz Island with a dense circle of fog surrounding it. A strange sense of dread came over me. I looked at our young son asleep in the back seat, then turned to my wife next to me and I whispered "What The Hell Did We Do". After moving on to Alcatraz our thought on Island life quickly changed and we decided not to apply for a transfer out, which consequently left us there until the Island closed in March of 1963. Because of our newly born daughters foot problem they left us there until June of 1963 making me The Last Guard Out.