- This article is about the novel. For information on the film based on this novel, see Escape from Alcatraz (film). This article is concerned with the Escape From Alcatraz film for the Escape from Alcatraz Triathlon see Escape from Alcatraz (triathlon. For the triathlon of the same name, see Escape from Alcatraz (triathlon). A triathlon is an endurance sports event consisting of Swimming, cycling and Running over various distances Escape from Alcatraz is the name for two different Triathlons held in the San Francisco Bay Area, on the West Coast of the United States.
Escape from Alcatraz is a 1963 non-fiction book, written by J. Campbell Bruce, about the history of Alcatraz Penitentiary and the escape attempts, some successful, of the inmates. Alcatraz Island, sometimes informally referred to as simply Alcatraz or locally as the Rock, is a small island located in the middle of San Francisco Bay It was revised in 1976 and again in 2005.
Portions of this book concern the escape of Frank Morris and brothers John and Clarence Anglin, which was the basis for the film Escape from Alcatraz in 1979. Frank Lee Morris ( September 1, 1926 – disappeared June 11, 1962, exact date of death unknown was an American Criminal John William Anglin ( May 2, 1930 – c June 11, 1962 or later was an American Criminal who escaped from Alcatraz Clarence Anglin ( May 11, 1931 – c June 11, 1962 or later was convicted of a number of bank robberies in the 1950s along with This article is concerned with the Escape From Alcatraz film for the Escape from Alcatraz Triathlon see Escape from Alcatraz (triathlon. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar)
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- Paperback, Ten Speed Press, 2005. ISBN 1-58008-678-0
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