Het van oorsprong Spaanse fort op Devil's island heeft jarenlang gefungeerd als de sterk beveiligde gevangenis Alcatraz waar de zwaarste misdadigers werden geïsoleerd van de maatschappij. Op waargebeurde feiten gebaseerd verhaal over de enige drie gevangenen die er in slaagden o…
In 1963, just weeks before the original publication of this book, the last prisoner was escorted off Devil's Island and Alcatraz ceased to be a prison. The author chronicles in spellbinding detail the Rock's transition from a Spanish fort to the maximum security penitentiary tha…
In 1963, just weeks before the original publication of this book, the last prisoner was escorted off Devil's Island and Alcatraz ceased to be a prison. Author J. Campbell Bruce chronicles in spellbinding detail the Rock's transition from a Spanish fort to the maximum-security pe…
Traces the history of Alcatraz from a Spanish fort to a maximum-security prison that housed some of the most notorious criminals in America including Al Capone; and examines the fourteen attempts to escape from the island.