Where is Alcatraz?

Title
Where is Alcatraz?

Personal Author EPSB
Nico, Medina

Summary
Escape from the ordinary and break into Alcatraz, America's most famous prison! The island of Alcatraz has always been a place that's fascinated visitors, from the Native American tribes who believed it was home to evil spirits to the Spanish explorers who discovered the island. In modern times, it was a federal prison for only 29 years, but now draws over a million visitors each year. Learn the history of America's most famous prison, from its initial construction as a fort in the 1800s, to its most famous residents such as Al Capone and 'Machine Gun' Kelly. Where Is Alcatraz? also chronicles some of the most exciting escape attempts--even one that involved chipping through stone with spoons and constructing rafts out of raincoats!

Year Published
2016

Series
Where is ...?

Physical Description
108 p. : ill., map ; 20 cm.

Contents
Where Is Alcatraz? -- Island of the Pelicans -- Gangland -- Welcome to The Rock -- The Daily Grind -- Escape from Alcatraz -- This Rock Is Ours -- Alcatraz Now -- Timelines.

Corporate Subject
United States Penitentiary, Alcatraz Island, California -- History.

Subject
Prisons -- California -- Alcatraz Island -- History.
 
Prisons

Geographic Term
Alcatraz Island (Calif.) -- History.
 
California -- Alcatraz Island (OCoLC)fst01241038.

Added Author
Groff, David, 1956-

Summary
Escape from the ordinary and break into Alcatraz, America's most famous prison! The island of Alcatraz has always been a place that's fascinated visitors, from the Native American tribes who believed it was home to evil spirits to the Spanish explorers who discovered the island. In modern times, it was a federal prison for only 29 years, but now draws over a million visitors each year. Learn the history of America's most famous prison, from its initial construction as a fort in the 1800s, to its most famous residents such as Al Capone and 'Machine Gun' Kelly. Where Is Alcatraz? also chronicles some of the most exciting escape attempts--even one that involved chipping through stone with spoons and constructing rafts out of raincoats!

ISBN
9781338128796

Publisher
New York, NY : Scholastic, [2016]


LibraryCall NumberTypeItem BarcodeStatus
George P. Nicholson979.4 MEDBook31004000272646Non-Fiction