TABLE OF CONTENTS Cover Title Page Chapter 1 SOUND THE ALARM Chapter 2 LIFE ON THE ROCK Chapter 3 DOWN THE WRONG PATH Chapter 4 TYING UP DETAILS Chapter 5 LOGISTICS OF THE BAY Chapter 6 HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT Chapter 7 THE ESCAPE Chapter 8 FOLLOWING THE CLUES Chapter 9 THE YEARS TICK BY EPILOGUE
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CHAPTER 1 SOUND THE ALARM At the crack of dawn Cellblock B in the Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary was silent and dark Clarence Carnes a longtime prisoner lay on his bunk already awake He’d barely slept all night Suddenly the wake-up bell rang out just as it did every morning and the prisoners began to stir They had 15 minutes to get out of bed go to the bathroom and get dressed Some stayed in bed to grab a few extra minutes of sleep After 15 minutes a whistle pierced the air and the prisoners walked to the front of their cells It was time for the morning head count Carnes was one of the first inmates at the front of his
