LAST TRAIN TO ALCATRAZ The Autobiography of Leon (Whitey) Thompson (former Alcatraz Inmate)

Hardback. 11th printing 1st US h/back Edn. 1st pub. 1988. Previously pub. in p/b as 'Rock Hard'. Whitey was neither a "public enemy" in the Hollywood sense nor a punk kid new to prison life. In the language of the penitentiary, Whitey was a "solid con." The stories he tells in this book are related from a distance most of us can never truly appreciate - the inside of the joint. Illus. 332pp. 8vo. h/back. PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY LEON WHITEY THOMPSON. Pictorial glazed covers, dw not required. F.