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Inside Alcatraz

Author : Jim Quillen

Publisher : Random House

Page : 386 pages

File Size : 29,58 MB

Release : 2015-01-15

Category : Biography & Autobiography

ISBN : 1473518482

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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

Page : 164 pages

File Size : 49,17 MB

Release : 1991

Category : Social Science

ISBN : 9780962520617

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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

Page : 76 pages

File Size : 16,27 MB

Release : 2008

Category :

ISBN : 9788702054828

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Inside the Walls of Alcatraz

Author : Frank Heaney

Publisher : Bull Publishing Company

Page : 127 pages

File Size : 49,61 MB

Release : 1987

Category : Political Science

ISBN : 9780915950812

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



Entombed in Alcatraz

Author : Robert Victor Luke

Publisher :

Page : 126 pages

File Size : 19,56 MB

Release : 2011-01-01

Category : Biography & Autobiography

ISBN : 9780578082950

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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

Page : 72 pages

File Size : 16,82 MB

Release : 2006-09-19

Category : Juvenile Nonfiction

ISBN : 0802795773

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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)

Page : 272 pages

File Size : 44,36 MB

Release : 2018-05-01

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 1627799648

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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 Gardener of Alcatraz

Author : Emma Bland Smith

Publisher : Charlesbridge Publishing

Page : 40 pages

File Size : 22,76 MB

Release : 2022-04-05

Category : Juvenile Nonfiction

ISBN : 1632899450

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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.



Escape from Alcatraz

Author : J Campbell Bruce

Publisher :

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 42,32 MB

Release : 2024-02-15

Category : Biography & Autobiography

ISBN :

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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, the Prison

Author : Jay Stuller

Publisher : Golden Gate National Parks Association

Page : 41 pages

File Size : 42,98 MB

Release : 1998

Category : Social Science

ISBN : 9781883869359

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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.