Lloyd Russell: Escape From Little Alcatraz - Paperback

by Dennis Leppanen (Author)

A DARING PRISON BREAK May, 1950-It started with a daring Tarzan-like escape from a London, Ohio Prison. Two desperate and dangerous convicts stole cars, robbed establishments, and headed north toward Michigan's Upper Peninsula May, 1953-A Lloyd Russell led group of seven desperate inmates stage a daring escape from the walls of Marquette's maximum security facility. Thus began the largest sustained manhunt in the annals of Michigan crime. ESCAPE FROM LITTLE ALCATRAZ-is the story of a man, keen on surviving the giant odds of survival in the swamps and deep woods of Michigan's rugged Upper Peninsula. A story of a man-fighting against all odds to save an epithet-"They ain't gonna take me alive!"