Alcatraz : island of change / by James P. Delgado ; photography by Roy Eisenhardt.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: [San Francisco, CA] : Golden Gate National Park Association, c1991.Description: 48 p. : ill. 27 cmISBN:
  • 962520667
LOC classification:
  • F 868.S156 .D378 1991
Summary: Alcatraz the island has a history much longer than the years its famous prison was in operation, and this 48-page book traces more than a hundred years of island history -- as a fort, as a military prison, and finally as the "inescapable" federal penitentiary that housed such notorious criminals as Al Capone, Machine Gun Kelly, and Robert "Birdman" Stroud. The island is now part of a national park and visited by nearly one million curious people each year. www.alibris.com
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Alcatraz the island has a history much longer than the years its famous prison was in operation, and this 48-page book traces more than a hundred years of island history -- as a fort, as a military prison, and finally as the "inescapable" federal penitentiary that housed such notorious criminals as Al Capone, Machine Gun Kelly, and Robert "Birdman" Stroud. The island is now part of a national park and visited by nearly one million curious people each year. www.alibris.com

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