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Inside Alcatraz

The bestselling true story of life inside America's most notorious prison

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Inside Alcatraz

By: Jim Quillen
Narrated by: Jeff Harding
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Each day we saw the outside world in all its splendour, and each day that view served as a reminder that we had wasted and ruined our lives.

Jim Quillen, AZ586 - a runaway, problem child and petty thief - was jailed several times before his twentieth birthday. In August 1942, after escaping from San Quentin, he was arrested on the run and sentenced to forty-five years in prison, and later transferred to Alcatraz.

This is the true story of life inside America's most notorious prison - from terrifying times in solitary confinement to daily encounters with 'the Birdman', and what really happened during the desperate and deadly 1946 escape attempt.

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A very good read and very well written and Narrated. I would've loved to have had this guy for dinner So many stories and so many experiences. Inspirational and highly interesting story.

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