Eyewitness on Alcatraz
by Babyak, Jolene
- Used
- Paperback
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Nr Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0961875208
- ISBN 13
- 9780961875206
- Seller
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About This Item
Berkeley, CA: Ariel Vamp Press, 1988. 1st Signed Ed. Some edge wear, overall content excellent. Signed by author on title page 'On the Rock 12/17/93 Jolene Babyak'. Paperback. Oblong. 127 Pgs.. Nr Fine. Eyewitness on Alcatraz by Jolene Babyak. Published by Ariel Vamp Press, Berkeley, CA, 1988. 1st Signed Edition. Paperback. No DJ. Oblong. Condition: Nr Fine. Some edge wear, overall content excellent. Signed by author on title page 'On the Rock 12/17/93 Jolene Babyak'. 127 Pgs. ISBN 0961875208. Interviews with Guards, Families & Prisoners Who Lived on The Rock. An oral history, illustrated with 76 historic photographs. The author lived on the island as a child in the 1950s and 60s, reconstructs the Alcatraz story as told by its residents. Through interviews with more than 60 offices, administrators, family members, and prisoners, she vividly recreates the daily life of the island; elicits startling information that sheds new light on famous escape attempts; and provides and overview of the changing attitudes that shaped prison management from the 1930s to the 1960s and which continue to have repercussions on the prison system today. Description text copyright 2012 BooksForComfort. Item ID 26127.
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- Bookseller
- Comfort Kraft (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 26127
- Title
- Eyewitness on Alcatraz
- Author
- Babyak, Jolene
- Format/Binding
- Some edge wear, overall content excellent. Signed by author on title page 'On the Rock 12/17/93 Jolene Babyak'. Paperback. Oblon
- Book Condition
- Used - Nr Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Signed Ed
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0961875208
- ISBN 13
- 9780961875206
- Publisher
- Ariel Vamp Press
- Place of Publication
- Berkeley, CA
- Date Published
- 1988
- Keywords
- Criminals, Punishment, True Crime, Biography
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