Alcatraz :: the gangster years /

Al Capone, George "Machine Gun" Kelly, Alvin Karpis, "Dock" Barker--these were just a few of the legendary "public enemies" for whom America's first supermax prison was created. In Alcatraz: The Gangster Years, David Ward brings their stories to life, along with vi...

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1. Verfasser: Ward, David A.
Weitere Verfasser: Kassebaum, Gene G.
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2009.
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Zusammenfassung:Al Capone, George "Machine Gun" Kelly, Alvin Karpis, "Dock" Barker--these were just a few of the legendary "public enemies" for whom America's first supermax prison was created. In Alcatraz: The Gangster Years, David Ward brings their stories to life, along with vivid accounts of the lives of other infamous criminals who passed through the penitentiary from 1934 to 1948. Ward, who enjoyed unprecedented access to FBI, Federal Bureau of Prisons, and Federal Parole records, conducted interviews with one hundred former Alcatraz convicts, guards, and administrators to produce this definitive history
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xxvii, 548 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates) :)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 467-522) and index.
ISBN:9780520942981
0520942981
1282772481
9781282772489
9786612772481
6612772484

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