Where is Alcatraz?

Título
Where is Alcatraz?

Nico, Medina

Resumen
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!

Fecha de publicación como intervalo
2016

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Descripción física
108 p. : ill., map ; 20 cm.

Contenido
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.

Materia corporativa
United States Penitentiary, Alcatraz Island, California -- History.

Término de la materia
Prisons -- California -- Alcatraz Island -- History.
 
Prisons

Término geográfico
Alcatraz Island (Calif.) -- History.
 
California -- Alcatraz Island (OCoLC)fst01241038.

Autor añadido
Groff, David, 1956-

Síntesis
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

Información de publicación
New York, NY : Scholastic, [2016]


BibliotecaSignatura topográficaTipo de materialCódigo de barras del documentoEstado
George P. Nicholson979.4 MEDBook31004000272646Non-Fiction