{"product_id":"alcatraz-from-insidebooks","title":"Alcatraz From Inside","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne man's account of Alcatraz, a rare and intimate memoir of life inside the world's most notorious prison.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTHE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEach day we saw the outside world in all its splendour, and each day that view served as a reminder that we had wasted and ruined our lives.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJim Quillen, AZ586 - a runaway, problem child and petty thief - was jailed several times before his twentieth birthday. In August 1942, after escaping from San Quentin, he was arrested on the run and sentenced to forty-five years in prison and later transferred to Alcatraz.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom terrifying times in solitary confinement to daily encounters with 'the Birdman', and what really happened during the desperate and deadly 1946 escape attempt, this is the true story of life inside America's most notorious prison.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Quillen, Jim","offers":[{"title":"Paperback (True Crime)","offer_id":47894601302240,"sku":null,"price":7.2,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0330\/3125\/8248\/files\/Screenshot2025-10-19at12.35.54PM.png?v=1760888160","url":"https:\/\/agricola-street-books.myshopify.com\/products\/alcatraz-from-insidebooks","provider":"Agricola Street Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}