Showing results for "Alcatraz" in Biographies & Memoirs

Mobster Al "Scarface" Capone, "Machine Gun" Kelly, Robert Stroud, aka the Birdman: only the most violent, desperate criminals went to Alcatraz Island, called "The Rock" and known for its harsh conditions. This gripping true crime classic, originally written in 1963 and newly reissued, tells the story of life on The Rock and of 14 ingenious escape attempts by the prisoners.

When Frank Morris and brothers John and Clarence Anglin boldly escaped from Alcatraz prison on June 11, 1962, it is widely believed that they succumbed to the waters of San Francisco Bay, though no trace of the men has ever been found, only their makeshift raft.

Each day we saw the outside world in all its splendour, and each day that view served as a reminder that we had wasted and ruined our lives. Jim Quillen, AZ586 - a runaway, problem child and petty thief - was jailed several times before his twentieth birthday. In August 1942, after escaping from San Quentin, he was arrested on the run and sentenced to forty-five years in prison, and later transferred to Alcatraz.

Before the 1920s found their roar, a charismatic gambling addict named Roy Gardner dominated news headlines with daring train robberies and escapes from incarceration. Nicknamed "the Smiling Bandit," Gardner spilled no blood—except his own—as he cut a felonious path across the western United States, as the country hobbled through a recession in the aftermath of the First World War. Alcatraz Ghost Story explores the life of Roy Gardner in the context of his great love story and the larger backdrop of drug addiction, incarceration, and the racial and labor violence of the 1920s and 1930s.

“T.J. English has the mastered the hybrid narrative art form of social history and underworld thriller. The Savage City is a truly gripping read filled with unexpected twists and turns.” —Douglas Brinkley, author of The Great Deluge In The Savage City, T.J. English, author of the New York...

Den 3 januari 1960 rymde tre fångar från det ökända fängelset Alcatraz, även känt som "Klippan". De tre fångarna, Frank Lee Moris och bröderna John och Clarence Anglin, flydde på natten på en flotte bort från ön där fängelset låg. Flotten och männen hittades aldrig igen. Det som hittades var en paddelvän. "FLYKTEN FRÅN ALCATRAZ" är det första avsnittet i serien "BERÖMDA FÄNGELSERYMNINGAR", en true crime-serie om fängslade människors frihetslängtan och deras kamp för att undkomma den monotona tillvaron bakom galler på de mest häpnadsväckande sätt.

D. 3. januar 1960 flygtede tre fanger fra det berygtede fængsel Alcatraz, også kendt som ’The Rock’. De tre fanger Frank Lee Moris og brødrene John og Clarence Anglin flygtede om natten på en flåde væk fra øen, hvor fængslet lå. Flåden og mændene blev aldrig fundet igen. Det, der blev fundet, var en paddelåre. FLUGTEN FRA ALCATRAZ er en del af FAMØSE FANGEFLUGTER, en true crime serie om menneskers trang til frihed. Det er sande fortællinger om kriminelle, der kæmper for at undslippe den monotone tilværelse bag tremmer på de mest udspekulerede måder.

From a National Book Award-winning biographer, the first complete life of legendary gangster Al Capone to be produced with the cooperation of his family, who provided the author with exclusive access to personal testimony and archival documents. From his heyday to the present moment, Al...

The true story of Eliot Ness, the legendary lawman who led the Untouchables, took on Al Capone, and saved a city’s soul Eliot Ness is famous for leading the Untouchables against the notorious mobster Al Capone. But it turns out that the legendary Prohibition Bureau squad’s daring raids were...

In partnership with Texas Monthly, Katy Vine's "Cops and Robbers" is now available as an audio download, where the length and timeliness of a podcast meets the high-quality production of a full-length audio program. Law enforcement in Hidalgo County would joke that without the drug trade, half...