- National Park Service: Alcatraz Island
Official site offering a close-up look at the historic and infamous federal prison where isolation was a constant of island life.
www.nps.gov/alcatraz
- Alcatraz History.com
Features narratives and photos that chronicle life in the maximum-security penitentiary.
www.alcatrazhistory.com
- Wikipedia: Alcatraz Island
History, escape attempts, and reference of Alcatraz Island, located in the middle of San Francisco Bay in California.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcatraz_Island
- Brief History of Alcatraz, A
Includes mention of the Battle of Alcatraz. From the Bureau of Federal Prisons.
www.bop.gov//about/history/alcatraz.jsp
- Alcatraz Tickets
Get official Alcatraz Island tickets and tours in San Francisco, California. Book ferry transportation and audio-guided cell block tours online.
www.alcatraztickets.com
- Post at Alcatraz Island
Famous 12 acre rocky island, facing the Golden Gate, declared a military fort by an executive order on November 6, 1850.
www.militarymuseum.org/Alcatraz.html
- Alcatraz Island: Memoirs of a Rock Doc
Physician on Alctraz Island between 1937 and 1938 reveals excerpts from his secret journal.
www.alcatrazdoc.com
- Warden Johnston, The
Served as the Alcatraz prison boat from 1944 to 1963.
www.wardenjohnston.com
- American Indian Occupation of Alcatraz Island
Offers photos from the 1969-71 occupation.
www.csulb.edu/~gcampus/libarts/am-indian/alcatraz
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