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Six Against the Rock
The Searing True Account of Six Unstoppable Men & the Most Spectacular Jailbreak in American History
Clark Howard5
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The story of the infamous escape attempt and bloody siege at Alcatraz.
In 1946, six men attempted to break out of Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary, a maximum-security prison on an island off the coast of San Francisco. Their bloody siege lasted two days, and ended with five dead and fifteen wounded-plus two of the perpetrators executed for their role in the endeavor.
In Six Against the Rock-the basis for a TV movie-an award-winning crime writer tells the story of this notorious event and the inmates who were involved, supplemented with vivid dramatic recreations that place the reader in the center of the conflict.
In 1946, six men attempted to break out of Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary, a maximum-security prison on an island off the coast of San Francisco. Their bloody siege lasted two days, and ended with five dead and fifteen wounded-plus two of the perpetrators executed for their role in the endeavor.
In Six Against the Rock-the basis for a TV movie-an award-winning crime writer tells the story of this notorious event and the inmates who were involved, supplemented with vivid dramatic recreations that place the reader in the center of the conflict.