20 Mind-blowing Facts About Alcatraz Island

Where do we find this stuff? Here are our sources:

“A Voyage to California, the Sandwich Islands, and Around the World in the Years 1826-1829”, Auguste Duhaut-Cilly, University of California Press (1999)

“The Rock: A History of Alcatraz Island, 1847-1972”, Erwin N. Thompson, United States Department of the Interior

“A History of Alcatraz Island: 1853-2008”, Gregory L. Wellman, Arcadia Publishing (May 28, 2008)

“Alcatraz”, James Barter, Lucent Books (September 2000)

“Alcatraz: History and Design of a Landmark”, Donald MacDonald, Ira Nadel, Chronicle Books (February 15, 2012)

“Forts of the West: Military Forts and Presidios, and Posts Commonly Called Forts, West of the Mississippi River to 1898”, Robert W. Frazer, University of Oklahoma Press (April 15, 1975)

“Alcatraz Preservation Project: Exposing the Layers of An American Landmark”, Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy (2003)

“Forts of the United States: An Historical Dictionary, 16^th Through 19^th Centuries”, Bud Hannings, McFarland and Company (March 2005)

“A Brief History of Alcatraz”, Federal Bureau of Prisons

“Alcatraz Island”, Encyclopaedia Britannia Online (2009)

“A History of Alcatraz Island: 1853-2008”, Gregory L. Wellman (2008)

“Uncle Sam’s Devil’s Island: Experiences of a Conscientious Objector in American during the World War”, Block P. Grosser, A.S. Blackwell, and A. Berkman (1933)

“Alcatraz Prison in American History”, Marilyn Tower Oliver, Enslow Publishers (1998)

“Former residents remember their days on Alcatraz Island”, EXAMINER STAFF, San Francisco Examiner (Mar. 21, 2013)

“Last Guard Out: A Riveting Account by the Last Guard to Leave Alcatraz”, Jim Albright, AuthorHouse (March 30, 2008)

“Birdman: The many faces of Robert Stroud”, Jolene Babyak, Ariel Vamp Press (July 1994)

“Alcatraz”, Richard Dunbar, Casa Editrice Bonechi (January 1, 1999)

“Alcatraz: A Definitive History of the Penitentiary Years”, Michael Esslinger, Ocean View Publishing (May 1, 2016)

“Alcatraz”, George Linda, Turtleback Books (March 1, 1999)

“Alcatraz Screw: My Years as a Guard in America’s Most Notorious Prison”, George H. Gregory, University of Missouri Press (April 28, 2008)

“Alcatraz Unchained”, Jerry Lewis Champion Jr., AuthorHouse (April 26, 2012)

“Mysteries Unwrapped: The Secrets of Alcatraz”, Susan Sloate, Sterling Publishing Company (April 1, 2008)

“The Escape from Alcatraz”, Stephanie Watson, ABDO (January 1, 2012)

“Return to Alcatraz”, Tine Westbrook, Trafford Publishing (September 2010)

“Alcatraz: The Gangster Years”, David A. Ward, Gene G. Kassebaum, University of California (May 19, 2009)

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