Escape from Alcatraz

All you want to know about Escape from Alcatraz

This article is about the non-fiction book. For information on the film based on this book, see Escape from Alcatraz (film). For the triathlon of the same name, see Escape from Alcatraz (triathlon). For actual attempts to escape from the prison, see Alcatraz escape attempts.

Escape from Alcatraz is a 1963 non-fiction book, written by J. Campbell Bruce, about the history of Alcatraz Penitentiary and the escape attempts, some successful, of the inmates. It was revised in 1976 and again in 2005.

Portions of this book concern the escape of Frank Morris and brothers John and Clarence Anglin, which was the basis for the film Escape from Alcatraz in 1979.