I liked this book. It had some history information I didn’t know about the Alcatraz and the pictures were awesome. The book is about Alcatraz but it focuses on the many escape attempts with the last one being the culmination of the books chapters. My biggest peeve about this book is there is no reference to the 1979 movie, Escape from Alcatraz starring Clint Eastwood. That movie deals entirely with what this book is about. I am really surprised there is no reference of it in the entire book. I know it is a work of fiction but I saw that movie as a child and from what I remember, it is pretty accurate on how the men escaped. ( )