Escape from Alcatraz

The true-crime classic and basis for the renowned 1979 Clint Eastwood film: a “dramatic [and] thrilling” ( Los Angeles Times ) account of life inside Alcatraz, where America’s most violent and notorious prisoners resided in tortuous proximity to one of the world’s favorite cities Mobster Al “Scarface” Capone, “Machine Gun” Kelly, Robert Stroud aka the Birdman: only the most violent, desperate criminals were sent to Alcatraz Island—the Rock—where prison conditions were so harsh that escape, riot—