Where Is Alcatraz?

<b>Escape from the ordinary and break into Alcatraz America's most famous prison!</b><br><br>The island of Alcatraz has always been a place that's fascinated visitors from the Native American tribes who believed it was home to evil spirits to the Spanish explorers who discovered the island. In modern times it was a federal prison for only 29 years but now draws over a million visitors each year. Learn the history of America's most famous prison from its initial construction as a fort in the 1800s to its most famous residents such as Al Capone and Machine Gun Kelly. <i>Where Is Alcatraz?</i> also chronicles some of the most exciting escape attempts&#151;even one that involved chipping through stone with spoons and constructing rafts out of raincoats!