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	Birdman of Alcatraz - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Robert Franklin Stroud (January 28, 1890–November 21, 1963), known as the Birdman of Alcatraz, was a prisoner in Alcatraz who supposedly found solace from segregation in raising and selling birds.
		Stroud was born in Seattle, Washington, on January 28, 1890, to Elizabeth and Ben Stroud.
		In retaliation, the publisher complained to the warden, and as a result, proceedings began to transfer Stroud to Alcatraz, where he would not be permitted to keep his birds.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Birdman_of_Alcatraz (1512 words)

	Alcatraz Island - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Alcatraz Island (37°49′35″N, 122°25′21″W) is located in the middle of San Francisco Bay in California.
		It is home to the now abandoned prison, the oldest operating lighthouse on the West Coast of the United States, early military fortifications, and natural features such as rock pools, a seabird,(mostly gulls, gannetts and pelicans) colony, and unique views of the coastline.
		Alcatraz was a military installation established in 1850, later becoming a military prison, until 1933.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alcatraz (1080 words)

	Alcatraz Island Prison tours, pictures, history, photographs
		Alcatraz Island history includes serving as a military fortification in the 1850’s, an incarceration facility for Spanish-American War prisoners, and a federal maximum-security prison from 1934 to 1963.
		Alcatraz Island was seized and occupied by a group of American Indians from 1969 to 1971 in a successful protest against the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
		Alcatraz lighthouse, the first lighthouse built on the Pacific Coast, was completed and lit for the first time in the summer of 1853, and a fog bell, rung by hand, was added in 1856.
	www.inetours.com /Pages/SFNbrhds/Alcatraz.html (819 words)

	Alcatraz: Rigid and Unusual Punishment by Michael Esslinger
		The media hype surrounding Alcatraz, created primarily from a lack of available information released by prison officials, deemed Alcatraz to be "Devil's Island." Because inmates were not directly paroled from Alcatraz, the media had a difficult time finding men who had lived on the inside.
		Contrary to popular legend, the Birdman of Alcatraz was never permitted to keep any birds while on Alcatraz, enduring the deepest lock-down of his imprisonment in the hospital ward.
		One of the greatest ironies of Alcatraz was that the frigid and treacherous waters of San Francisco Bay, which had proved to be the ultimate deterrent of escape for nearly three decades, contributed to the downfall of America's super-prison.
	crimemagazine.com /alcatraz.htm (6287 words)

	Robert Stroud: The Birdman (NOT) of Alcatraz
		Generally the people who wrote to Robert were both the curious, intrigued by the Birdman of Leavenworth who wrote such authoritative sounding articles, and also those who were genuinely interested in raising and caring for their pets.
		But at least unlike some movies about Alcatraz which show the guards as sadistic and near insane brutes who pummel the inmates for the pleasure of it, Alcatraz is depicted remarkably accurately.
		The author lived on Alcatraz as a child while her father was associate warden.
	members.aol.com /Toonsamples/birdman.html (6271 words)

	Alcatraz
		Or that Robert "the Birdman of Alcatraz" Stroud—who never kept birds while at the Rock—was so hostile and violent that he spent his years in D Block solitary confinement and the hospital wind.
		Alcatraz sat vacant until November of 1969, when protesters occupied the island in an effort to draw attention to the treatment of American Indians by Congress and the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
		There are still hints of its desolate nature: the thousands of birds that cling to its craggy cliffs, the mournful sound of passing boat horns, the salt-soaked wind that whips its stones and structures, the endless waters of the Bay.
	www.viamagazine.com /top_stories/articles/escape_alcatraz04.asp (1384 words)

	The Birdman of Alcatraz
		Robert Stroud, who was better known to the public as the "Birdman of Alcatraz," was probably the most famous inmate ever to reside on Alcatraz.
		In 1942 Stroud was transferred to Alcatraz, where he spent the next seventeen years - six years in segregation in D Block, and eleven years in the prison hospital.
		In 1959 he was transferred to the Medical Center for Federal Prisoners in Springfield, Missouri, and there on November 21, 1963, he was found dead from natural causes by convicted spy, close friend, and fellow inmate Morton Sobell.
	www.alcatrazhistory.com /stroud.htm (629 words)

	BOP: Alcatraz
		The island's most famous prisoner was probably Robert Stroud, the so-called "Birdman of Alcatraz." In reality, Stroud never had any birds at Alcatraz, nor was he the grandfatherly person portrayed by Burt Lancaster in the well-known movie.
		Alcatraz served as the prison system's prison - if a man did not behave at another institution, he could be sent to Alcatraz, where the highly structured, monotonous daily routine was designed to teach an inmate to follow rules and regulations.
		One of the many myths about Alcatraz is that it was impossible to survive a swim from the island to the mainland because of sharks.
	www.bop.gov /about/history/alcatraz.jsp (2927 words)

	Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)
		Birdman of Alcatraz is based on the story of Robert Stroud, a lifer who turned to the study of birds to pass the time while in prison.
		Anyway, Birdman was made when Frankenheimer was at the height of his powers, and Lancaster was also doing his most interesting work (Elmer Gantry was made in 1960 and Judgement at Nuremberg in 1961).
		Birdman of Alcatraz in a way violates my prime rule in thinking about prison, which is that most people in prison are there for very good reasons.
	www.prisonflicks.com /reviews.php?filmID=37 (2877 words)

	Haunted Alcatraz
		Alcatraz was not conceived as a facility for rehabilitation.
		Alcatraz was the Army’s first long-term prison and it quickly gained a reputation for being a tough facility.
		It was later dubbed the "Battle of Alcatraz" and it began as a well-planned and well-organized breakout from the "escape-proof" prison.
	www.prairieghosts.com /gpalcatraz.html (6685 words)

	Alcatraz
		By 1861, with the Civil War raging, the island of Alcatraz is declared a fort to protect the region from the Confederates.
		Also housed there was George "Machine Gun" Kelly, Alvin Karpis who had a partnership with Ma Barker, and Robert Franklin Stroud aka "The Birdman of Alcatraz." After 27 years of serving as a federal prison Alcatraz was closed due to the expense of attempting to maintain it.
		Or, if you go into the area that was used as the infirmary, you may hear the screams of those inmates that were secured to a table until they calmed down.
	www.eeeek.com /alcatraz.html (993 words)

	PIER 39 Authentic Alcatraz on San Francisco's Bay (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Alcatraz is a 22-acre island in San Francisco Bay.
		The Alcatraz lighthouse was the first on the Pacific Coast and has been in operation since 1854.
		Alcatraz has one of the largest western gull colonies on the northern California coast.
	www.pier39.com /alcatraz/alcatraz.cfm/didyouknow/show (337 words)

	dOc DVD Review: Birdman Of Alcatraz (1962)
		Birdman of Alcatraz is one of those unique historical dramas.
		Birdman of Alcatraz (based on the book by Thomas Gaddis) tells the story of Robert Stroud (Burt Lancaster), a born felon who has spent almost his entire adult life behind bars.
		Birdman is one of those larger-than-life experiences, where the sum of the acting, writing, and directing makes a work of art that can't be easily classified.
	www.digitallyobsessed.com /showreview.php3?ID=999 (1107 words)

	Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)
		Shot in claustrophobic fl and white, Birdman of Alcatraz is definitely on the serious side of things.
		Birdman Of Alcatraz is the inspiring true story of convicted murderer Robert Stroud who used his 43 years in solitary confinement to become the world's foremost authority on bird diseases.
		Birdman of Alcatraz can be mined for still more lessons pertaining to penology, theaging processand people who only like you when you're down and want to help you for their own selfish reasons.
	www.filmmonthly.com /Video/Articles/Birdman/Birdman.html (738 words)

	Alcatraz Official Web Page
		Alcatraz Island is one of Golden Gate National Recreation Area's most popular destinations, offering a close-up look at a historic and infamous federal prison long off-limits to the public.
		The occupation of Alcatraz Island by Indians of All Tribes changed the course of U.S. and American Indian history.
		In 1895 nineteen Hopi were incarcerated on Alcatraz Island by the US Army for their resistance to government policies designed to destroy their religion and language.
	www.nps.gov /alcatraz (628 words)

	Alcatraz! Surrounded by the swift currents of San Francisco Bay, Alcatraz was home to prisoners like Al "Scarface" ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Alcatraz can be seen from the Golden Gate Bridge between San Francisco and Marin.
		Alcatraz is a small rocky island surrounded by the swift currents of California's San Francisco Bay.
		Alcatraz became home to notorious offenders like Al "Scarface" Capone, "Doc" Barker, Alvin "Creepy" Karpis, George "Machine Gun" Kelly, and Robert Stroud "Birdman of Alcatraz".
	www.caltreasures.com /Alcatraz (396 words)

	Alcatraz - EnviroSports Event Details ALCATRAZ SHARKFEST SWIM - The Swim (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Describes before the prison was built, the rock, birdman, escape attempts, and the closure of the facility.
		The name Alcatraz is the Anglicized version of the Spanish word One of the most famous prisoners was the "Birdman of Alcatraz" romanticized on film.
		They were all inmates at Alcatraz, the infamous Federal prison on Used first as a fort and later as a military prison, Alcatraz became a maximum
	italian.searchalso.com /sas/italian-alcatraz.htm (298 words)

	The DVD Journal \| Quick Reviews: Birdman of Alcatraz
		Catchy as the moniker is, Birdman of Alcatraz — title of the 1963 film and the biography on which it was based — is something of a misnomer.
		But when he was transferred to Alcatraz, he wasn't allowed to bring either birds nor any of his scientific equipment with him.
		And it was discovered, upon his transfer to Alcatraz, that he had been using the scientific equipment that he had requested for his "research" to in fact build an elaborate still.
	www.dvdjournal.com /quickreviews/b/birdmanofalcatraz.q.shtml (619 words)

	Birdman of Alcatraz
		In 1942, Stroud was transferred to isolation in the notorious "D" block on Alcatraz, where his birds were barred.
		After ten years, the Birdman decided on a new project; he began to write the story of his life.
		Like the chirping chums of his younger days, The Birdman of Alcatraz, with Burt Lancaster playing the title role, was banned from the infamous island, its subject left to a few more years of lonely reflection.
	www.adena.com /adena/usa/hs/hs35.htm (287 words)

	Alcatraz - Alcatraz, San Francisco, California (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		ALCATRAZ is a workbench for multimedia data providing a set of All components of the ALCATRAZ workbench are open source software and supported by
		Teepee on Alcatraz and Richard Oakes In November 1969 a small group of Native American students and urban Indians began the occupation
		Alcatraz, Golden Gate National Recreation Area, San Francisco Bay, California Alcatraz Island, the site of the famous former prison, is part of the
	game.yourwebfind.com /ywfd/game-alcatraz.htm (210 words)

	Birdman of Alcatraz - VHS - Title BA - BI Shopping at dooyoo.co.uk
		Birdman of Alcatraz : Hazy view of a nasty man.
		Although this is not a completely accurate tale of Robert Stroud who became known as The Birdman of Alcatraz the performance of Burt Lancaster makes it a classic film of the human-interest story genre.
		Burt Lancaster stars in this, what I thought was true, film of a man imprisoned on Alcatraz who befriends birds and eventually becomes a great expert on them until he is made to get rid of them.
	www.dooyoo.co.uk /vhs-title-ba-bi/birdman-of-alcatraz (219 words)

	Secret Birdman writings up for bid / Stories of his youth, prison life
		Robert Stroud, the federal prisoner portrayed by actor Burt Lancaster in the 1962 movie "Birdman of Alcatraz," became known all over the world for his erudite treatises on how to make sick birds healthy.
		There, he was kept in solitary confinement -- at first in an isolation cell, and later in Alcatraz's hospital wing -- not permitted to speak unless spoken to by guards.
		But former guards at Alcatraz recall the Birdman as a ruthless killer who threatened to harm anyone who got in his way.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2002/09/22/MN213600.DTL (1495 words)

	Alcatraz Cam ~live Webcam~
		Alcatraz Island is one of Golden Gate National Recreation Area's
		You know these people are criminals, but you can't help it to support them, hoping that they will make it on their way out of there, outsmarting all the guards and the prison warden.
		It was first discovered by Juan Manuel de Ayala.It is home to the now abandoned prison, the oldest operating lighthouse on the West Coast of the United States, early military fortifications, and natural features such as rock pools, a seabird colony, and unique views of the coastline
	www.abovephotos.com (936 words)

	Birdman of Alcatraz (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The name of "Birdman of Alcatraz" was Robert Stroud, who became an expert on bird life while serving time for murder.
		Birdman of Alcatraz : the Story of Robert Stroud,
		While the Library has verified the information presented in these files in what it considers to be reliable and authoritative sources, it cannot take responsibility for nor guarantee the accuracy of the information presented.
	www.santacruzpl.org /readyref/files/a-b/brdman.shtml (75 words)

	Birdman of Alcatraz
		I’m not a big expert on prison movies, but somehow I imagine that Birdman of Alcatraz is a very unusual one in the genre.
		All of that exists in Birdman of Alcatraz as well, but this particular film has a whole lot more besides.
		The film, directed by John Frankenheimer in 1962, stars Burt Lancaster as Robert Stroud, a murderer who is sent to a maximum-security prison in Leavenworth.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/hollywood_archives/98080 (520 words)

	All About The Birdman of Alcatraz
		the Birdman of Alcatraz, was a prisoner in Alcatraz who
		Stroud was transferred to Alcatraz on December 19, 1942, from
		Stroud became the subject of a 1955 book, Birdman of Alcatraz, by
	www.petcaretips.net /birdman-alcatraz.html (449 words)

	Pictures of Alcatraz After Dark
		This was on the Alcatraz After Dark tour.
		Burt Lancaster stars as Robert Stroud, the Birdman of Alcatraz (and as nominated for an Oscar for his effort).
		The movie focuses on his time at Alcatraz and the themes of redemption and his attempts to better himself in prison.
	www.eljay.org /alcatraz (378 words)

	Birdman of Alcatraz (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Over the course of his life, with only a third-grade education, he studies birds as they come into his care and becomes a world renowned ornithologist.
		Later, when transferred to Alcatraz and denied access to his birds, he becomes a champion of prisoner's rights.
		Lancaster's performance is masterful, making his murder of a prison guard almost understandable and also making his transformation into a quiet, self-educated man both compelling and believable.
	www.classicsondvd.com /birdman.htm (253 words)

	ROBERT BIRDMAN-ALCATRAZ STROUD - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED THREE TIMES
		Forty-two were spent in solitary confinement, including his 17-year stay at Alcatraz, where he was not allowed to keep birds.
		Stroud died at the Federal Medical Facility in Springfield, Missouri in 1963, a year after Burt Lancaster portrayed him in the film, Birdman of Alcatraz.
		Letters from Alcatraz in which Stroud mentions birds are extremely desirable.
	www.galleryofhistory.com /archive/10_2000/master/ROBERT_BIRDMAN.htm (477 words)

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