Escape from Alcatraz

Mobster Al "Scarface" Capone; "Machine Gun" Kelly; Robert Stroud, a.k.a. the Birdman: only the most violent, desperate criminals went to Alcatraz Island, often referred to simply as "The Rock." This federal prison''s conditions were so harsh that escape, riot, even death, were an inmate''s only hope.

This gripping true-crime classic was originally written in 1963 and published just weeks after the ...