On the Rock: Twenty-Five Years in Alcatraz by Alvin Karpis as Told to Robert Livesey

On the Rock:  Twenty-Five Years in Alcatraz by Alvin Karpis as Told to Robert Liveseyis a 306-page hardcover published by Beaufort Books, Inc.  Stated first printing of 1980.  The dust jacket shows some surface rubbing and shelf wear but is fully intact.  Inside, the pages are clean and unmarked and the binding is tight. Book Summary Canadian-born Alvin Karpis was the only survivor from the 1930 era of infamous criminals in the USA.  Only four men ever held the title of Public Enemy Number One.  The others--Baby Face Nelson, Pretty Boy Floyd, and John Dillinger--all died violently.  J. Edgar Hoover personally assumed credit for the apprehension of "Old Creepy" in New Orleans.  Karpis, the prize catch of the newly-formed FBI, was not granted parole during his twenty-five years behind bars in Alcatraz. On the Rock is his personal story about life at Alcatraz, a hell-hole where all regard for humanity was lost.  Physical and mental abuse, sexual depravity, mindless routine, cruelty of gua