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typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:EscapefromAlcatrazbook.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1c/EscapefromAlcatrazbook.jpg/200px-EscapefromAlcatrazbook.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="267" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/1c/EscapefromAlcatrazbook.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="260" data-file-height="347" /></a><figcaption>Cover of the book</figcaption></figure> <p><i><b>Escape from Alcatraz</b></i> is a 1963 non-fiction book, written by <i><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Chronicle" title="San Francisco Chronicle">San Francisco Chronicle</a></i> reporter John Campbell Bruce,<sup id="cite_ref-nytimes/1954/02/21_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nytimes/1954/02/21-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-books-UESOAAAAMAAJ_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-books-UESOAAAAMAAJ-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-sfgate-2974476_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sfgate-2974476-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-penguinrandomhouse-105023_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-penguinrandomhouse-105023-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> about the history of <a href="/wiki/Alcatraz_Island" title="Alcatraz Island">Alcatraz Penitentiary</a> and the <a href="/wiki/List_of_Alcatraz_escape_attempts" title="List of Alcatraz escape attempts">escape attempts</a> made by the inmates. It was revised in 1976 and again in 2005.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Portions of this book present <a href="/wiki/June_1962_Alcatraz_escape" class="mw-redirect" title="June 1962 Alcatraz escape">the escape</a> of <a href="/wiki/Frank_Morris_(prisoner)" class="mw-redirect" title="Frank Morris (prisoner)">Frank Morris</a> and brothers <a href="/wiki/John_Anglin_(criminal)" class="mw-redirect" title="John Anglin (criminal)">John</a> and <a href="/wiki/Clarence_Anglin" class="mw-redirect" title="Clarence Anglin">Clarence Anglin</a>, which became the basis for the film <i><a href="/wiki/Escape_from_Alcatraz_(film)" title="Escape from Alcatraz (film)">Escape from Alcatraz</a></i> in 1979. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Current_edition">Current edition</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Escape_from_Alcatraz_(book)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Current edition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFBruce2005" class="citation book cs1">Bruce, J. 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