I read this book before I visited Alcatraz East Crime museum, here in Tennessee. I would love to take a tour of the actual Alcatraz Island. Reading about the experiences of Alvin Karpis while incarcerated on Alcatraz was very moving. I cannot imagine living in a place like that. I realize these people were criminals of some variant or another, but these conditions seemed really inhumane. Karpis was an interesting figure. I believe I watched something about him on a documentary once. It wasn't the best book I read, but it was an okay book.