Thomas E. Gaddis
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Thomas E. Gaddis (1908–1984) was a United States author, most noted for his book Birdman of Alcatraz.
He is also well-known for the following quote:
- Alcatraz, the federal prison with a name like the blare of a trombone, is a black molar in the jawbone of the nation's prison system.
