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Step into history with Golden Gate Bridge Believe it or Not.

In this richly illustrated paperback, winner of the 2020 Public Lands Alliance "Publication of the Year Award," kids of all ages can explore fun factoids about San Francisco's famous span.

From its beginning, the Golden Gate Bridge defied expectations. Few people thought it was even possible to span the enormous and treacherous Golden Gate Strait, but as soon as the bridge opened on May 27, 1937, it took its place in history as one of the wonders of the modern world.

Now, buckle up! It's time to take a trip into the incredible true story of San Francisco's most famous landmark. You might be surprised by what you discover along the way...

Product specifications:

• Paperback, 128 pages
• Dimensions: 6" wide x 9" tall x 3/8" thick
• Written by Nancy Miljanich
• Illustrated by Charles House
• Developed in the USA
• Printed in Hong Kong

For a small island, Alcatraz has a big reputation. This book collects the island's strange-but true stories of escapes, madness, and mayhem. Informative, surprising, and handsomely illustrated, this book is like nothing you've read. So, dive in and enjoy the swim...

Written by T.C. Bakker, who has been a historic interpreter on Alcatraz for 10 years. Illustrated by Charles House, illustrator and designer for the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy.

Warning! May be scary! Some stories are violent and may not be suitable for young readers.

Developed and designed in the USA, printed in Hong Kong.
111 pages.

Experience history with ¡Mi "Quinceañera" en Alcatraz!, a Spanish language book for children of all ages.

Author Jolene Babyak lived on Alcatraz with about 75 other children whose fathers worked in the prison. Here, she relates personal stories as well as escapes and experiences from children who lived on The Rock.

Jolene Babyak vivió en Alcatraz junto con otro 75 niños cuyos padres trabajaban en la prisión. Aquí nos relata experiencias personales entrelazadas con escape de prisión e historias divertidas de los otros niños que vivieron en La Roca.

Product specifications:

• Paperback, 72 pages
• Spanish language text
• Dimensions: 6.5" wide x 9.5" tall x 0.25" thick
• Printed in the USA

Fifteen-year-old Ann Burrows was excited when she found out that her family would be moving to California's Alcatraz Island. She had visions of sunny beaches and warm breezes — a place much different from her home town of Kansas City, Missouri.Later, romance blossomed with a young man from San Francisco, and when the couple was married on the island, a chapter in a family's personal history became the subject of international news stories.

This is a snapshot of a moment in time, of the infamous island as a home, not a prison.

Author: Ann Burrows Eib

Got a taste for history?

Experience Alcatraz like you never have before with this fun replica cookbook!

Originally created in 1952 by the Alcatraz Women's Club, this collection of recipes contains a number of nostalgic mid-century favorites sure to tickle your fancy.

This product is a reproduction of an original artifact in the National Park Service's Alcatraz Museum Collection.

Did You Know?

Alcatraz was more than just a prison. It was also home to correctional officers, administrative staff, and their families. The wives and daughters of prison staff who lived on the Rock formed a close knit community and often hosted dinner parties and potlucks.

Product specifications:

• Paperback, 68 pages
• Made in the USA

The Great Escape from Alcatraz by historian and former child resident Jolene Babyak. Riveting account of the most famous and shocking escape in the history of Alcatraz. Filled with compelling details, Breaking the Rock brings this fascinating story to life as only a writer of Ms. Babyak's caliber can achieve.

Pages: 276, paperback.

A Note About the Author

During the Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary years, Jolene Babyak lived on the island with about 75 other children whose fathers worked in the prison. Today, she is an accomplished author and Alcatraz historian.

Alcatraz Most Wanted offers sixteen profiles of the most notoriuous prisoners on Alcatraz - their personalities, their lives, crimes and deaths - with mug shots, crime scene photographs, arrest records, escape attempts, medical records and death records.

69 pages, paperback.

Was he the earnest, warm-hearted "bird doctor" and writer of two books? Or was he a far more flamboyant and diabolical double-murderer, whose event-filled, tragicomic life converted a 12-year conviction into a 54-year death sentence? Meticulously researched, with never-before-published prison reports and Stroud's own writings, with quotes from prisoners, officers, psychologists, and avian pathologists, Birdman explodes the myths surrounding Robert Stroud.

A Note About the Author

During the Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary years, Jolene Babyak lived on the island with about 75 other children whose fathers worked in the prison. Today, she is an accomplished author and Alcatraz historian.

For Dierdre Marie Capone there came a time to confess to her children, grandchildren, and even herself that, yes, they were members of the storied Capone crime family. From her ancestral roots in Angri, Italy to the family's move to Brooklyn and later Chicago, Dierdre Marie Capone offers the portrait of an American family and her favorite Uncle, endlessly depicted as the iconic mastermind behind some of the century's most brutal killings.