Escaping Alcatraz: The Untold Story of the Greatest Prison Break in American History

Escaping Alcatraz: The Untold Story of the Greatest Prison Break in American History
ISBN-10
0970461453
ISBN-13
9780970461452
Category
Alcatraz Island (Calif.)
Pages
416
Language
English
Published
2017-07-18
Authors
Michael Esslinger, David Widner

Description

In Escaping Alcatraz: The Untold Story of the Greatest Prison Break in American History, Alcatraz Historian Michael Esslinger and David Widner, nephew of the Anglin brothers, both featured in the History Channel documentary Alcatraz: Search for the Truth, have compiled hundreds of photographs, FBI and Bureau of Prisons investigative notes, original source documents from the Anglin family library, inmate case file records, interviews with key convicts and officers, and first-person accounts of officials who investigated the escape to produce one of the most detailed accounts of the famed prison break.NOTE: This book contains graphic depictions and photographs of extreme crime and violence and may not be suitable for all readers.

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