Where Is Alcatraz?

作者:Nico Medina
出版社:Grosset & Dunlap
2016年05月24日
ISBN:9780448488837
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簡介

The island of Alcatraz has always been a place that's fascinated visitors, from the Native American tribes who believed it was home to evil spirits to the Spanish explorers who discovered the island. In modern times, it was a federal prison for only 29 years, but now draws over a million visitors each year. Learn the history of America's most famous prison, from its initial construction as a fort in the 1800s, to its most famous residents such as Al Capone and "Machine Gun" Kelly. Where Is Alcatraz? also chronicles some of the most exciting escape attempts even one that involved chipping through stone with spoons and constructing rafts out of raincoats!"


About the Author:

Nico Medina is the author of Where Is Mount Everest? and Who Was Julius Caesar? He lives in Brooklyn, New York.
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