Alcatraz: A Definitive History of the Penitentiary Years
20122281449Ocean View Publishing 2012. Revised Edition. Large Softcover. Near Fine. Revised edition. Stain on top page ridge. 2012 Large Softcover. xii 451 pp. Introduction by former inmate Darwin E. Coon. Alcatraz - A Definitive History of the Penitentiary Years is a comprehensive reference with hundreds of pages of historic photographs documents and information that breaks away from traditional tourist style books. This book is the result of years of intensive research and navigates the Island's history through rarely seen documents interviews and historic photographs. Historian 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 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 & guards. His study has resulted in detailed accounts of both the 1946 & 1962 Escape attempts. A definitive account of the 1962 escape of Frank Morris and the Anglin Brothers provides rare insight extracted through photos and over 1700 pages of FBI 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 Federal Prison - A Definitive 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 nearly 1000 from 1934-1963. Ocean View Publishing paperback books
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