The Alcatraz Wife
Author : Terri Meadows Armstrong
Publisher :
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 12,69 MB
Release : 2004
Category :
ISBN :
Alcatraz Bride
Author : Ann Burrows Eib
Publisher : Golden Gate National Parks Association
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 16,68 MB
Release : 2011-01-01
Category : Alcatraz Island (Calif.)
ISBN : 9781932519150
Book Description
"Fifteen-year-old Ann Burrows was excited when she found out that her family would be moving to California's Alcatraz Island. She had visions of sunny beaches and warm breezes - a place much different from her Kansas City, Missouri, home town. Later, romance blossomed with a young man from San Francisco, when the couple was married on the island, a chapter in a family's personal history became the subject of international news stories. This is a snapshot of a moment in time (the 1950s), of the infamous island as a home, not a prison. Of coming of age on the Rock" -- Publisher's description, p. [4] of cover.
The Children of Alcatraz
Author : Claire Rudolf Murphy
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 23,95 MB
Release : 2006-09-19
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0802795773
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.
Last Guard Out
Author : Jim Albright
Publisher : Author House
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 36,75 MB
Release : 2008-03-25
Category : History
ISBN : 1452065012
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.
The Gardener of Alcatraz
Author : Emma Bland Smith
Publisher : Charlesbridge Publishing
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 39,90 MB
Release : 2022-04-05
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1632899450
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.
The Fading Voices of Alcatraz
Author : Jerry Lewis Champion Jr.
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 19,70 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Alcatraz Island (Calif.)
ISBN : 1456714872
Book Description
Portrays the history of Alcatraz Island as shared by the men who lives and worked there.
Alcatraz from Inside
Author : Jim Quillen
Publisher : Golden Gate National Park Assn
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 23,22 MB
Release : 1991
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780962520617
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.
From Paris to Alcatraz
Author : Betty Jean Lustig
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 39,28 MB
Release : 2011-12-08
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 146289383X
Book Description
My start in life was as the daughter of a notorious man. He was clever, had a brilliant mind, but used it badlyI disclose in this book the life of the man whom I loved every day of my life and who loved me tenderly, the life of my father, Victor Lustig. Betty Jean Lustig, 1982
Escape from Alcatraz
Author : Eric Mark Braun
Publisher : Capstone
Page : 101 pages
File Size : 40,42 MB
Release : 2017-02-01
Category : Alcatraz Island (Calif.)
ISBN : 1515787613
Book Description
What's more exciting than a prison break? Frank Morris and John and Clarence Anglin escaped from Alcatraz in 1962 and have never been caught. Many authorities are certain they died crossing San Francisco Bay. Relatives claim they made it to Brazil. The theories of what happened to them are endless. Find out the facts from people who dealt with the men and the case first-hand. This is one mystery you'll definitely want to solve.
Al Capone Shines My Shoes
Author : Gennifer Choldenko
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 47,66 MB
Release : 2013-07-19
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1408850400
Book Description
Moose's sister has got a place in the perfect school on the mainland, one that will help her deal with her autism. But there is one hitch. She got the place with the help of Al Capone and now it's payback time. Soon Moose is caught up in a terrible cycle of secrets and favours that threatens to destabilise his entire family in this nail-biting, edge-of-your-seat novel.
