Jailbreak at Alcatraz : Frank Morris & the Anglin Brothers' great escape

Title
Jailbreak at Alcatraz : Frank Morris & the Anglin Brothers' great escape

Personal Author EPSB
Tom Sullivan

Summary
"A corrections officer at Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary tries to awaken inmate AZ-1441, Frank Morris. But when he shakes the unresponsive man, his head rolls off the pillow and crashes to the floor! Soon the guards realize that Morris and two other inmates, brothers John and Clarence Anglin, had done the seemingly impossible: escaped from the notorious island prison. This is the ... true story of the daring and inventive escape and a decades-long manhunt in a case that remains unsolved to this day. Comics panels, reproductions of documents from real FBI files, and photos from the investigation combine for a thrilling read for sleuths of all ages"--Provided by publisher.

Other Title
Jail-break at Alcatraz

Year Published
2021

Series
Unsolved case files ;

Volume
2

Physical Description
103 pages : chiefly illustrations (some colour), maps (chiefly colour) ; 22 cm

Corporate Subject
United States Penitentiary, Alcatraz Island, California.

Subject
Escapes -- California -- Alcatraz Island.
 
Escaped prisoners -- California -- Alcatraz Island.
 
True crime stories, Juvenile.

Geographic Term
Alcatraz Island (Calif.) -- History.

Summary
"A corrections officer at Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary tries to awaken inmate AZ-1441, Frank Morris. But when he shakes the unresponsive man, his head rolls off the pillow and crashes to the floor! Soon the guards realize that Morris and two other inmates, brothers John and Clarence Anglin, had done the seemingly impossible: escaped from the notorious island prison. This is the ... true story of the daring and inventive escape and a decades-long manhunt in a case that remains unsolved to this day. Comics panels, reproductions of documents from real FBI files, and photos from the investigation combine for a thrilling read for sleuths of all ages"--Provided by publisher.

ISBN
9780062991546
 
9780062991553

Publisher
New York, New York : Balzer + Bray/Harper Alley, imprints of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2021]
 
©2021


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