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• Alcatraz Island Official Site
• AlcatrazHistory.com

Sources

• ­Babyak, Jolene. Eyewitness on Alcatraz, Life on The Rock as told by the Guards, Families & Prisoners. Ariel Vamp Press (July 1988).
• Barter, James. Alcatraz. Lucent Books (January 2000).
• Johnson, Dr. Troy. "We Hold the Rock." National Park Service. http://www.nps.gov/alca/historyculture/we-hold-the-rock.htm
• Oliver, Marylin Tower. Alcatraz Prison in American History. Enslow Publishers (September 1998).
• Presnall, Judith Janda. Life on Alcatraz. Lucent Books (August 2000).