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Alcatraz: The Last Escape – a Review

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π΄π‘™π‘π‘Žπ‘‘π‘Ÿπ‘Žπ‘§: π‘‡β„Žπ‘’ πΏπ‘Žπ‘ π‘‘ πΈπ‘ π‘π‘Žπ‘π‘’ tells the story of a daring escape from a prison that was supposed to be impossible to escape from. In 1979, the movie Escape from Alcatraz was released. According to this movie, Frank Morris, John Anglin, and Clarence Anglin did succeed in escaping from Alcatraz only to drown and become fish food. That wasn’t much of a success. But is that what really happened?

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Blood and Treasure: Daniel Boone and the Fight for America’s First Frontier – a Review

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Who was the real Daniel Boone? Was he the pioneer and explorer who wore a coonskin cap in the television show that bears his name historically accurate? I watched the reruns of π·π‘Žπ‘›π‘–π‘’π‘™ π΅π‘œπ‘œπ‘›π‘’ when I was a child. History intrigued me, but at the time, I didn’t realize how historically inaccurate the show was. And let’s be honest. At that time, I probably didn’t care.

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