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Download or read book Alcatraz Bride written by Ann Burrows Eib and published by Golden Gate National Parks Association. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Fifteen-year-old Ann Burrows was excited when she found out that her family would be moving to California's Alcatraz Island. She had visions of sunny beaches and warm breezes - a place much different from her Kansas City, Missouri, home town. Later, romance blossomed with a young man from San Francisco, when the couple was married on the island, a chapter in a family's personal history became the subject of international news stories. This is a snapshot of a moment in time (the 1950s), of the infamous island as a home, not a prison. Of coming of age on the Rock" -- Publisher's description, p. [4] of cover.