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Eyewitness on Alcatraz; Life on the Rock as told by the Guards, Families, and Prisoners
by Jolene Babyak
- Used
- Fine
- Paperback
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0961875208
- ISBN 13
- 9780961875206
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
Berkeley, CA: Ariel Vamp Press, 1988 Ariel Vamp Press, Berkeley, CA. 1988. Softcover/Trade Wraps. 1st Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Inscribed by the author on the title page. Book Condition: Fine. No DJ. Pictorial wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split. 127 pp. Rich with B&W photos documenting the prison and prison personnel. Alcatraz was a prison for 103 years- from 1860 to 1933 as an Army institution and from 1934 until 1963 as a federal prison. A vivid recreation of the daily life on the island told by its residents both inside and outside the cells. A clean pristine edition.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001641
- Title
- Eyewitness on Alcatraz; Life on the Rock as told by the Guards, Families, and Prisoners
- Author
- Jolene Babyak
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0961875208
- ISBN 13
- 9780961875206
- Publisher
- Ariel Vamp Press
- Place of Publication
- Berkeley, CA
- Date Published
- 1988
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- ALCATRAZ FEDERAL PRISON, ALCATRAZ, SAN FRANCISCO BAY, ISLAND, PRISON LIFE, ESCAPE FROM AL CAPONE, BIRDMAN OF ROBERT STROUD, CRIMINAL LIFE BEHIND BARS
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Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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