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The Battle of Alcatraz, which lasted from May 2 to 4, 1946, was the result of an escape attempt at Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary by armed convicts. Two Federal Bureau of Prisons officers—William A. Miller and Harold Stites—were killed (Miller by inmate Joseph Cretzer who attempted escape and Stites by friendly fire).
Attica, Alcatraz's father, has the ability to lose things, which can allow him to find important things again in random places when he needs them. Shasta, Alcatraz's mother, is a Librarian, though she still wants to stop Attica and helps Alcatraz temporarily. She is married to Attica, and thus has his talent of losing things.
In July 1954, Rafael Cancel Miranda (July 18, 1930 – March 2, 2020) was sent to Alcatraz, where he served six years of his sentence. At Alcatraz he was a model prisoner, [125] where he worked in the brush factory and served as an altar boy at Catholic services. His closest friends were fellow Puerto Ricans Emerito Vasquez and Hiram Crespo-Crespo.
It had seemed impossible to escape from Alcatraz by swimming. [3] The seasonal water temperature in the San Francisco Bay is about 53 °F (12 °C) in December [4] and the current can exceed 6 knots. [5] Citing these facts, as well as occasional visits from great white sharks and razor-sharp rocks, prison officers had discouraged most escape ...
Alcatraz Versus the Scrivener's Bones, the second book in the series, was released in the United States November 1, 2008. A third Alcatraz book, called Alcatraz Versus the Knights of Crystallia, was released on October 1, 2009, and the fourth book, Alcatraz Versus the Shattered Lens, was released on December 1, 2010. [2]
Bastille vs. the Evil Librarians is a juvenile fiction novel written by Brandon Sanderson and Janci Patterson. Released on September 20, 2022 by Tor Books, it was illustrated by Hayley Lazo. [1] It is the sixth and final book in the Alcatraz Versus series. [2] Leading up to the book's release, Tor published new paperback versions of its five ...
Henri Theodore Young (born June 20, 1911 – disappeared 1972) was an American convicted bank robber and murderer [2] who, while serving one of a series of prison terms, attempted to escape from Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary with four other inmates in 1939.
Alcatraz Versus the Shattered Lens is a juvenile fiction novel written by American author Brandon Sanderson, published in December 2010 by Scholastic Press. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is the fourth book in the Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians series featuring the protagonist Alcatraz Smedry.