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Alcatraz : history and design of a landmark / Donald MacDonald and Ira Nadel.
LIBRA F868.S156 M25 2012
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- MacDonald, Donald, 1935-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States Penitentiary, Alcatraz Island, California.
- History.
- Alcatraz Island (Calif.)--History.
- Alcatraz Island (Calif.).
- Military Prison at Alcatraz Island, California.
- United States Penitentiary, Alcatraz Island, California--History.
- Physical Description:
- 141 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 16 x 21 cm
- Place of Publication:
- San Francisco : Chronicle Books, [2012]
- Contents:
- What's in a name?
- The defensive triangle : from citadel to fortress
- Island architecture & the lighthouse : Victorian style
- From fortress to prison
- Escapes
- Life on the rock
- Occupation
- Gardens
- Birds of Alcatraz
- Alcatraz today & tomorrow
- Appendix 1. Alcatraz in the movies
- Appendix 2. Alcatraz : inmates & wardens
- Appendix 3. Escape attempts.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781452101538
- 1452101531
- OCLC:
- 747532963
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