Jailbreak at Alcatraz : Frank Morris & the Anglin Brothers' great escape / by Tom Sullivan.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Sullivan, Tom Unsolved case files ; no. 002.Publisher: New York : Balzer + Bray, HarperAlley, imprints of HarperCollinsPublishers [2021]Copyright date: Edition: First editionDescription: 103 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780062991553
  • 0062991558
  • 9780062991546
  • 006299154X
Other title:
  • Frank Morris and the Anglin Brothers' great escape
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 365.641 23
LOC classification:
  • HV9474.A4 S85 2021
Awards:
  • ALA Top Ten Graphic Novels for Children
  • A Junior Library Guild selection.
Summary: CASE NO. 002: THE ROCK. June 12, 1962. SAN FRANCISCO BAY, CALIFORNIA. 7:18 A.M. A corrections officer at Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary tries to awaken inmate AZ-1441, Frank Morris. But when he shakes the unresponsive man, his head rolls off the pillow and crashes to the floor! Soon the guards realize that Morris and two other inmates, brothers John and Clarence Anglin, had done the seemingly impossible: escaped from the notorious island prison. This is the incredible true story of the daring and inventive escape and a decades-long manhunt in a case that remains unsolved to this day. Comics panels, reproductions of documents from real FBI files, and photos from the investigation combine for a thrilling read for sleuths of all ages.
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Ages 8-12.

CASE NO. 002: THE ROCK. June 12, 1962. SAN FRANCISCO BAY, CALIFORNIA. 7:18 A.M. A corrections officer at Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary tries to awaken inmate AZ-1441, Frank Morris. But when he shakes the unresponsive man, his head rolls off the pillow and crashes to the floor! Soon the guards realize that Morris and two other inmates, brothers John and Clarence Anglin, had done the seemingly impossible: escaped from the notorious island prison. This is the incredible true story of the daring and inventive escape and a decades-long manhunt in a case that remains unsolved to this day. Comics panels, reproductions of documents from real FBI files, and photos from the investigation combine for a thrilling read for sleuths of all ages.

Includes bibliographical references.

ALA Top Ten Graphic Novels for Children

A Junior Library Guild selection.

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