Quotation

Birdman of Alcatraz

the Story of a Real and Living Man--
Tom Gaddis (narrating): "That's the island of Alcatraz. There's a man leaving there today after 17 years imprisonment. His name is Robert Stroud. He spent most of his life behind bars, including 43 years in solitary confinement. He has never used a telephone or driven an automobile. The last time he broke bread with another human being was in 1916, the year Kaiser Wilhelm ordered the sinking of the Lucitania in World War One. My name is Tom Gaddis. I write a book about this man."