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Catch Me If You Can
by Abagnale, Frank W
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About This Item
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1980. First US edition, first printing. Published by Grosset & Dunlap in New York, 1980. This is a very good copy. The dust wrapper is slightly rubbed and there are slight handling marks also present - thin stain to the spine. It has been price clipped. The internals are else clean and the text blocks are free from foxing. The boards are free from notable chips and marks. Overall, this is a very good copy of this title. Catch Me If You Can is a semi-autobiographical book about criminal exploits allegedly engaged in by Frank Abagnale Jr., a onetime con artist. Abagnale claims that, as a young man, he cashed $2.5 million worth of bad checks while impersonating a Pan Am pilot, a doctor, a teacher, and an attorney.
Synopsis
Frank W. Abagnale, alias Frank Williams, Robert Conrad, Frank Adams, and Robert Monjo, was one of the most daring con men, forgers, imposters, and escape artists in history. In his brief but notorious criminal career, Abagnale donned a pilot's uniform and copiloted a Pan Am jet, masqueraded as the supervising resident of a hospital, practiced law without a license, passed himself off as a college sociology professor, and cashed over $2.5 million in forged checks, all before he was twenty-one. Known by the police of twenty-six foreign countries and all fifty states as "The Skywayman," Abagnale lived a sumptuous life on the lam-until the law caught up with him. Now recognized as the nation's leading authority on financial foul play, Abagnale is a charming rogue whose hilarious, stranger-than-fiction international escapades, and ingenious escapes-including one from an airplane-make Catch Me If You Can an irresistible tale of deceit.The uproarious, bestselling true story of the world's most sought-after con man currently in development as a DreamWorks feature film."I stole every nickel and blew it on fine threads, luxurious lodgings, fantastic foxes, and other sensual goodies. I partied in every capital in Europe and basked on all the world's most famous beaches."From the Trade Paperback edition.
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- Bookseller
- John Atkinson Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17181
- Title
- Catch Me If You Can
- Author
- Abagnale, Frank W
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Grosset & Dunlap
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1980
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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