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You will see all the
man-made and natural beauties
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of the most spectacular bay in the world.
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You'll pass beneath
the famous Golden Gate Bridge,
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considered to be one of the most
striking structures ever erected by man.
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From the bay, you will thrill
to the magnificent San Francisco skyline.
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Your cruise ship, the Harbour King,
will circle Alcatraz,
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a maximum-security prison containing
the most dangerous criminals in America,
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and has been the home of such
notorious figures as Al Capone,
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Baby Face Nelson
and Machine Gun Kelly.
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That's the island of Alcatraz.
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There's a man leaving there today
after 17 years' imprisonment.
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His name is Robert Stroud.
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He's spent most of his life behind bars,
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including 43 years
in solitary confinement.
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He has never used a telephone
or driven an automobile.
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The last time he broke bread
with another human being was in 1916,
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the year Kaiser Wilhelm ordered the
sinking of the Lusitania in World War I.
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My name is Tom Gaddis.
I wrote a book about this man.
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Our story
properly begins in the year 1912.
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A cargo of rebellious prisoners
was being transferred
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from the federal penitentiary at McNeil
Island, Washington, to The Big Top,
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the name given by convicts
to the prison at Leavenworth, Kansas.