Author : Claire Rudolf Murphy
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 36,14 MB
Release : 2006-09-19
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0802795773
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.
Author : Emma Bland Smith
Publisher : Charlesbridge Publishing
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 47,59 MB
Release : 2022-04-05
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1632899450
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.
Author : Jim Albright
Publisher : Author House
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 22,97 MB
Release : 2008-03-25
Category : History
ISBN : 1452065012
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.
Author : Betty Jean Lustig
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 50,64 MB
Release : 2011-12-08
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 146289383X
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
Author : Kent Blansett
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 409 pages
File Size : 49,78 MB
Release : 2018-09-25
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0300240414
The first book-length biography of Richard Oakes, a Red Power activist of the 1960s who was a leader in the Alcatraz takeover and the Red Power Indigenous rights movement A revealing portrait of Richard Oakes, the brilliant, charismatic Native American leader who was instrumental in the takeovers of Alcatraz, Fort Lawton, and Pit River and whose assassination in 1972 galvanized the Trail of Broken Treaties march on Washington, DC. The life of this pivotal Akwesasne Mohawk activist is explored in an important new biography based on extensive archival research and key interviews with activists and family members. Historian Kent Blansett offers a transformative and new perspective on the Red Power movement of the turbulent 1960s and the dynamic figure who helped to organize and champion it, telling the full story of Oakes’s life, his fight for Native American self-determination, and his tragic, untimely death. This invaluable history chronicles the mid-twentieth century rise of Intertribalism, Indian Cities, and a national political awakening that continues to shape Indigenous politics and activism to this day.
Author : Jerry Lewis Champion Jr.
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 15,54 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Alcatraz Island (Calif.)
ISBN : 1456714872
Portrays the history of Alcatraz Island as shared by the men who lives and worked there.
Author : Jim Quillen
Publisher : Golden Gate National Park Assn
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 13,39 MB
Release : 1991
Category : 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 : Eric Mark Braun
Publisher : Capstone
Page : 101 pages
File Size : 40,72 MB
Release : 2017-02-01
Category : Alcatraz Island (Calif.)
ISBN : 1515787613
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.
Author : Gennifer Choldenko
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 36,50 MB
Release : 2013-07-19
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1408850400
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.
Author : Gregory L. Wellman
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,35 MB
Release : 2022-07-04
Category : History
ISBN : 146710857X
As one of America's most notorious prisons, Alcatraz has been a significant part of California's history since 1853. The small island known in sea charts by its Spanish name Isla de los Alcatraces or Island of Pelicans laid essentially dormant until the 1850s, when the US military converted the island into a fortress to protect the booming San Francisco region. Alcatraz served as a pivotal military position until the early 20th century and in 1934 was converted into a federal penitentiary to house some of America's most incorrigible prisoners. The penitentiary closed in 1963, and Alcatraz joined the National Park Service system in 1972. Since then, it has remained one of the Bay Area's most popular attractions as part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. Gregory L. Wellman, a California-based consultant, reveals in these images the evolution of Alcatraz. The island's startling transformation comes alive through the photographic collections of the Alcatraz Alumni Association, the Golden Gate National Archives, and other private collections from around the country. This stirring imagery documents the evolution of one of America's most renowned and memorable landmarks.
