This book is about the struggles and lives of the Alcatraz inmates incarcerated during 1938-1948. Their treatment at the hands of Warden Johnston leads to the uprising in 1946, known as the Battle of Alcatraz. These are true stories with real characters and true events chronicled in the diaries and memoirs of an inmate who became an influential member of the "Alcatraz Bar association," He helped many famous inmates with their appeals processes in the court system. None of this information has ever been told or written about in seventy plus years. The author has made free flowing and exciting stories into a very enjoyable read.
