Where is Alcatraz?
(2016)

Nonfiction

Book

Call Numbers:
J/365.979/MEDINA,N
J/PAPERBACK/SERIES/WHERE

Availability

Locations Call Number Status
Kids' Nonfiction J/365.979/MEDINA,N Available
Kids' Paperbacks J/PAPERBACK/SERIES/WHERE Available

Details

PUBLISHED
New York, New York : Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Random House, [2016]
DESCRIPTION

108 pages : illustrations, map ; 20 cm

ISBN/ISSN
9780399542329 (hardcover), 9781518209253, 9780448488837, 0448488833, 9780399542329, 0399542329, 9781518209253, 1518209254, 9781484481462, 1484481461, 9780448488837
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

Where is Alcatraz? -- Island of the pelicans -- Gangland -- Welcome to the rock -- The daily grind -- Escape from Alcatraz -- This rock is ours -- Alcatraz now -- Timelines

"Escape from the ordinary and break into Alcatraz, America's most famous prison! The island of Alcatraz has always been a place that's fascinated visitors, from the Native American tribes who believed it was home to evil spirits to the Spanish explorers who discovered the island. In modern times, it was a federal prison for only 29 years, but now draws over a million visitors each year. Learn the history of America's most famous prison, from its initial construction as a fort in the 1800s, to its most famous residents such as Al Capone and 'Machine Gun' Kelly. Where Is Alcatraz? also chronicles some of the most exciting escape attempts--even one that involved chipping through stone with spoons and constructing rafts out of raincoats!"--

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