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Author Person, Stephen.

Title Ghostly Alcatraz Island / by Stephen Person.

Imprint New York : Bearport Pub., c2011.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Meadowlark Non-Fiction  133.1 PER    ---  Available
Description 32 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 27 cm.
Series HorrorScapes
Note Includes glossary.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 31) and index.
Contents Island in the fog - Murder on the Rock - The perfect place for a prison - Escape-proof island - Life on the Rock - Alcatraz vs. Al Capone - The birdman of Alcatraz - Ghosts in the hall - Escape from Alcatraz? - A haunted island? - From prison to park - The mystery lives on - Alcatraz : then and now.
Summary Featuring a "Then and Now" section of information, this book describes the ghostly sights and sounds of Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary, which existed as a prison from 1934 to 1963.
Audience 4-8 Medialog, Inc.
810 Lexile.
Study Program Accelerated Reader AR Middle Grades RL 5.3 0.5 quiz: 139266 LARK
Reading Counts RC 3-5 RL 5.30 3 quiz: 51053
Subject United States Penitentiary, Alcatraz Island, California -- History.
Prisons -- Alcatraz Island (Calif.) -- History.
Ghosts -- Alcatraz Island (Calif.) -- History.
Alcatraz Island (Calif.) -- History.
ISBN 1936087979 (lib.)

 
    
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