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Breaking the rock : the great escape from Alcatraz / Jolene Babyak.

Title
Breaking the rock : the great escape from Alcatraz / Jolene Babyak.
Author
Babyak, Jolene
Publication
Berkeley, CA : Ariel Vamp Press, c2001.

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Description
275 p. : ill.; 22 cm.
Summary
Investigates the 1962 escape of three prisoners from Alcatraz, paying special attention to the role played by prisoner Allen West, and speculates about whether the men survived their escape attempt.
Alternative Title
Great escape from Alcatraz
Subject
  • United States Penitentiary, Alcatraz Island, California
  • Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary 1934-1963
  • Prisons > United States > Federal > Alcatraz
  • Escape attempts > Federal prisons > Alcatraz
  • Escapes > California > Alcatraz Island > Case studies
  • Alcatraz Island (Calif.) > History
Genre/Form
  • Case studies
  • History
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [252]-265) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
ISBN
0961875232 (pbk)
LCCN
^^^00192457^
OCLC
  • 47183259
  • SCSB-10971387
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library