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Alcatraz : the gangster years /
Al Capone, George "Machine Gun" Kelly, Alvin Karpis, "Dock" Barker--these were just a few of the legendary "public enemies" for whom America's first supermax prison was created. In Alcatraz: The Gangster Years, David Ward brings their stories to life, along with vi...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
©2009.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Al Capone, George "Machine Gun" Kelly, Alvin Karpis, "Dock" Barker--these were just a few of the legendary "public enemies" for whom America's first supermax prison was created. In Alcatraz: The Gangster Years, David Ward brings their stories to life, along with vivid accounts of the lives of other infamous criminals who passed through the penitentiary from 1934 to 1948. Ward, who enjoyed unprecedented access to FBI, Federal Bureau of Prisons, and Federal Parole records, conducted interviews with one hundred former Alcatraz convicts, guards, and administrators to produce this definitive history |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxvii, 548 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, map, portraits |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 467-522) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780520942981 0520942981 1282772481 9781282772489 9786612772481 6612772484 |