Notorious criminal (1890-1963) who, while imprisoned, became a self-educated authority on birds and earned the nickname 'The Birdman of Alcatraz.' ALS in pencil, signed “Bob, Robert Stroud,” one page both sides, 8 x 10.25, December 12, 1954. Handwritten letter from Alcatraz to his sister Mamie, in part: "I had a short letter from Mark: He is well and says that he has been working hard trying to get the book done…I shall work out translations in both French and Spanish. That way, I will be able to fix the differences in my mind. Italian is in some respects harder than Spanish, but I should be reading both of them with ease within the next two or three months, and six months from now, if I keep on with this work, I should be able to write all three as easily as I write English. I see where the Senate censored McCarthy, not on the original resolution, but for telling some of the commo studges just what they are. I do not know whether or not it will happen, but what I would like to see happen, is those 22 Republican Senators who supported McCarthy, get together with the conservative Democrats and form a new, nationalist party…If they would do it now, they could sweep the country in 56…this would cause the Republican Party to fold up, to go the same way as the old Wig Party went before the Civil War. The country had the same situation then that they have now." In fine condition. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from Beckett Authentication Services.
