Alcatraz Wharf Alcatraz in the 1850s to permit the landing of men and building materials to construct a fort, completed in 1859. In 1867, the "General McPherson" was built to serve the island and other military institutions in the San Francisco Bay Area, as Alcatraz became a long-term military prison from 1868. The steamer towed officers, prisoners and food and water supplies to island between 1867 and 1886, landing at the dock twice daily before being replaced. During the time as a federal penitentiary, a prisoner once attempted to escape on a boat from the boat by dressing as an officer. The
Alcatraz Versus the Knights of Crystallia Alcatraz Versus the Knights of Crystallia Alcatraz Versus the Knights of Crystallia is a juvenile fiction novel by Brandon Sanderson, published in October 2009 by Scholastic Press. It is the third book in the Alcatraz Series following "Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians" in 2007 and "Alcatraz Versus the Scrivener's Bones" in 2008. "Alcatraz Versus the Knights of Crystallia" continues the adventures Alcatraz Smedry and his unusual family and friends who are members of the Free Kingdoms and fighting to protect the world from the cult of Evil Librarians. Alcatraz has finally made it to Nalhalla, location of the Smedry family's