Catch Me If You Can: The True Story Of A Real Fake
Frank W. Abagnale, alias Frank Williams, Robert Conrad, Frank Adams and Ringo Monjo, was a daring conman, forger, impostor and escape artist. Known by the police of 26 countries and all 50 US states as 'The Skywayman', Abagnale lived a sumptuous life on the run - until the law caught up with him.
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Frank W. Abagnale, alias Frank Williams, Robert Conrad, Frank Adams and Ringo Monjo, was a daring conman, forger, impostor and escape artist. Known by the police of 26 countries and all 50 US states as 'The Skywayman', Abagnale lived a sumptuous life on the run - until the law caught up with him.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781840187168 (1840187166)
Publish date: January 23rd 2003
Publisher: Mainstream Publishing
Pages no: 224
Edition language: English
Category:
Adventure,
Non Fiction,
Autobiography,
Memoir,
Biography,
Media Tie In,
Movies,
Adult,
Mystery,
Crime,
Biography Memoir,
True Crime
Q: One of the New York cops who’d worked hardest to catch me read the report and snorted. “This head doctor’s gotta be kiddin‘ us,” he scoffed. “This phony rips off several hundred banks, hustleshalf the hotels in the world for everything but the sheets, screws every airline in the skies, including ...
Most criminals aren't amusing or endearing but Abagnale is both. He takes you through his life of avarice and greed and almost makes you believe there are no pitfalls. I wish it was fiction, but it wasn't. Still, nicely written and engaging.
Ok, so the author is completely morally reprehensible - listeners need to put that aside to get though this audiobook! The longer this tale went on, the more I began shake my head and laugh as scheme after scheme seemed to fall into place for the author. Can it all possibly be 100% true? Apparently ...
A captivating and action packed book. It made me feel that I was Frank's partner in crime. This just shows that confidence is the key. Also picked up a few pointers along the way. ;)
. “This phony rips off several hundred banks, hustles half the hotels in the world for everything but the sheets, screws every airline in the skies, including most of their stewardesses, passes enough bad checks to paper the walls of the Pentagon, runs his own goddamned colleges and universities, ma...
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