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Alcatraz Kid: A frank description by an ancient warrior about his teenage days on Alcatraz Island during the last years of the Army occupation on Alcatraz.

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Alcatraz Kid: A frank description by an ancient warrior about his teenage days on Alcatraz Island during the last years of the Army occupation on Alcatraz. - Stewart, Usaf Ret William R, Jr.
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Bill Stewart lived on the Rock during the last five years it operated as an Army prison and provides the only first-hand account ever of life on Alcatraz during this time. He may be the sole remaining link between the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, which is now in charge of the island, and the old Army days of Alcatraz that ended in 1934. In Alcatraz Kid, Bill shares admiring glimpses of the West Point engineers who reshaped a useless hunk of hill into the enigmatic curiosity that draws so many visitors today. He ...

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Alcatraz Kid: A frank description by an ancient warrior about his teenage days on Alcatraz Island during the last years of the Army occupation on Alcatraz. 2018, Crane River Press

ISBN-13: 9780999530603

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