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Author Gregory, George H., 1913-1996.

Title Alcatraz screw : my years as a guard in America's most notorious prison / George H. Gregory.

Publication Info. Columbia, MO : University of Missouri Press, [2002]
©2002

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Location Call No. Status
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  B GREGORY, G.    Check Shelf
 Plainville Public Library - Non Fiction  365.9 GRE    Check Shelf
Description ix, 252 pages : illustrations 24 cm
Note Includes index.
Contents Acknowledgments / Velma Avant Gregory -- Introduction / John W. Roberts -- Destination : Alcatraz -- The Beginning of an Adventure -- The Mule Barn -- An Alcatraz Screw at Work -- A One-Man Hunger Strike -- Trouble in the Yard -- Road Tower Morning Watch -- Island Patrol Morning Watch -- A Change of Command -- Acting Lieutenant -- Cell House Day Watch -- Alcatraz and the Courts -- Mail Censor -- The Hospital -- Dr. Melvin Ralston -- Sick Call -- The Chain -- The Sleeping Potion -- The Chief Steward -- Mr. Eastland -- The Clothing Room -- Trouble Coming -- Trouble Continues -- Dinner Is Served -- My New Clothing-Room Crew -- Cold Showers for TU Inmates -- Return from Vacation -- The End of an Adventure.
Subject Gregory, George H., 1913-1996.
Inmate guards -- California -- Alcatraz Island -- Biography.
Prisons -- California -- Alcatraz Island.
United States Penitentiary, Alcatraz Island, California.
ISBN 0826213960 alkaline paper paperback
9780826213969 alkaline paper paperback
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