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DO YOU KNOW THIS?
READING & WRITING Alcatraz Prison is located on Alcatraz
Island in San Francisco Bay, California. it
was the first prison built in 1853. They
1 READING used the building as a military prison.
On the island, there is a light house.
a Answer the following questions. They built it in 1854. There were a lot
1. This is the picture of Alcatraz Island. What of prisons on the island. Army prisoners
do you know about Alcatraz island? worked to construct the buildings. They
used these buildings for ’Lower Prison’.
2. Who was the Alcatraz Birdman? Why was There were enormous large and tall walls
he called Birdman? around these prisons. Years later, they
began to use the buildings for ‘Upper
Prison’. Approximately 1, 576 murderers,
gangsters, and bank robbers were behind
the bars on the island. Alcatraz prison
had a high security. Now Alcatraz Prison
is a natural park and bird sanctuary and it
is also a touristic place.
b Read the text below.
Birdman of Alcatraz
Robert Stroud was born on January 28, 1890
in Seattle, Washington, USA. He was one of
the most well-known criminals in the USA. He
was a dangerous murderer and sentenced to be
hung. After five trials, he was sentenced to life published. He made important contributions to
imprisonment. In 1920 at Leavenworth, he was bird pathology to cure serious bird diseases. His
sentenced to solitary confinement. He regretted discoveries were very important for farmers. Both
about his past. Feelings of shame always disturbed outside and inside the prison he had a bright fame.
Birdman of Alcatraz. So he made a very great In 1942, prison staff sent him to another prison
effort in order to educate himself. on Alcatraz Island. In 1959, because of serious
One day, Robert Stroud found a nest with three health problems, prison staff transferred him
injured sparrows in the prison garden. He began to the Medical Center for Federal Prisoners in
raising them. In a few years, he had 300 different Springfield. Robert Stroud spent his time learning
types of canaries. Robert began a detailed study French at the hospital. He died on November 21,
in order to cure injured sparrows and canaries 1963 at the Medical Center for Federal Prisoners.
and with the help of a warden, he wrote a book Birdman of Alcatraz Robert Stroud is the best
about canaries ‘ Disease of Canaries’ in 1933. It example in the world for self-improvement and
was published and sold. In 1943 a later edition was rehabilitation.
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