Alvin Karpis 1907 1979 American bank robbery and kidnapper, with Ma Barkers Gang When captured his bail was the highest ever at the time and he escaped the electric chair only to serve the longest-ever stretch at Alcatraz including 17 years in solitary His autobiography Public Enemy Number One McClelland Stewart Toronto 1971, signed on front fly leaf with best wishes From Alvin Karpis" With dust jacket very good