{"id":3030,"date":"2024-10-23T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-23T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goshenpublib.org\/spotlight\/?p=3030"},"modified":"2024-09-25T16:30:11","modified_gmt":"2024-09-25T20:30:11","slug":"alcatraz-the-last-escape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goshenpublib.org\/spotlight\/?p=3030","title":{"rendered":"Alcatraz: The Last Escape"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>By Ken Widner<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/goshenpublib.org\/spotlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/AlcatrazTheLastEscape.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"200\" height=\"299\" src=\"https:\/\/goshenpublib.org\/spotlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/AlcatrazTheLastEscape.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3031\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Year of Publication:\u00a0<\/strong>2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A summary from Goodreads:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When Frank Morris and brothers John and Clarence Anglin boldly escaped from Alcatraz prison on June 11, 1962, it is widely believed that they succumbed to the waters of San Francisco Bay, though no trace of the men has ever been found, only their makeshift raft. In this reexamination of the escape and its aftermath, the Anglin brothers\u2019 nephew presents compelling evidence that his uncles did in fact survive and eventually made their way to Brazil, where they married and had children. Using official; government documents the authors show how mobster Mickey Cohen may have been involved in the escape, some revealing letters from fellow inmate Whitey Bulger, and recorded testimony from the person who facilitated their escape to Brazil, the authors make a strong case for the Anglin brothers\u2019 survival. In addition, a 1975 photograph of the brothers in Brazil has overcome all challenges to its authenticity by skeptics. This book provides a plausible outcome to one of America\u2019s enduring mysteries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Goshen Public Library call number:  <\/strong> 920 WIDNER (PBK) (BOOK)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Ken Widner Year of Publication:\u00a02024 A summary from Goodreads:&nbsp; When Frank Morris and brothers John and Clarence Anglin boldly escaped from Alcatraz prison on June 11, 1962, it is widely believed that they succumbed to the waters of San Francisco Bay, though no trace of the men has ever been found, only their makeshift [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[22],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/goshenpublib.org\/spotlight\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3030"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/goshenpublib.org\/spotlight\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/goshenpublib.org\/spotlight\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goshenpublib.org\/spotlight\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goshenpublib.org\/spotlight\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3030"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/goshenpublib.org\/spotlight\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3030\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3032,"href":"https:\/\/goshenpublib.org\/spotlight\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3030\/revisions\/3032"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/goshenpublib.org\/spotlight\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goshenpublib.org\/spotlight\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goshenpublib.org\/spotlight\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}