Escape from Alcatraz
The True Crime Classic
$34.34
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
1 April 2005
Summary
The true-crime classic and basis for the renowned 1979 Clint Eastwood film: a “dramatic and thrilling” (Los Angeles Times) account of life inside Alcatraz, where America’s most violent and notorious prisoners resided in tortuous proximity to one of the world’s favorite cities.
Mobster Al “Scarface” Capone, “Machine Gun” Kelly, Robert Stroud aka the Birdman: only the most violent, desperate criminals were sent to Alcatraz Island—the Rock—where prison conditions were so harsh that escap…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781580086783 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1580086780 |
| Author: | J. Campbell Bruce |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Ten Speed Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 1 April 2005 |
| Weight: | 278g |
| Dimensions: | 28mm x 153mm x 228mm |
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J. Campbell Bruce
J. Campbell Bruce was a noted feature writer for the San Francisco Chronicle, a lecturer, and a regular contributor to national magazines. He authored ESCAPE FROM ALCATRAZ in 1963 and The Golden Door: The Irony of Our Immigration Policy in 1954. J. Campbell Bruce died in 1996.
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