The adventures of george pitts, an inmate with the birdman of alcatraz
(2016)

Nonfiction

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PUBLISHED
[United States] : Christian Faith Publishing, Inc., 2016
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1 online resource

ISBN/ISSN
9781635253405 (electronic bk.) MWT14250933, 1635253403 (electronic bk.) 14250933
LANGUAGE
English
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When George Pitts faked insanity in a federal district court in Phoenix, Arizona, in 1960 to beat twelve felony counts, he was sent to the US Medical Center for Federal Prisoners in Springfield, Missouri, under a lunacy commitment. He worked in the Education Department. Robert Stroud, the famous Birdman of Alcatraz, ran the library next door. They were friends, thus the title

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