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The Man in the Rockefeller Suit (2011) (edit title/settings)

The Astonishing Rise and Spectacular Fall of a Serial Imposter

by Mark Seal (Author) (edit contributors)

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A real-life Talented Mr. Ripley , the unbelievable thirty-year run of a shape-shifting con man. The story of Clark Rockefeller is a stranger-than-fiction twist on the classic American success story of the self-made man-because Clark Rockefeller was totally made up. The career con man who... read more

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Clark Rockefeller: A.K.A. Christopher Chichester, Christopher Crowe, Chip Smith. All are aliases of the subject in question, Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter

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The public's first glimpse of the "real" Clark Rockefeller was on May 28, 2009, at the Suffolk County Superior Court in downtown Boston.

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Part One
CHAPTER 1 - Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter: Bergen, Germany
CHAPTER 2 - Strangers on a Train
CHAPTER 3 - Becoming American
CHAPTER 4 - Christopher Chichester: San Marino, California
CHAPTER 5 - The Secret Mission
CHAPTER 6 - Christopher Crowe: Greenwich, Connecticut
CHAPTER 7 - Wall Street
CHAPTER 8 - Missing Persons
CHAPTER 9 - Clark Rockefeller: New York, New York
CHAPTER 10 - Sandra

Part Two
CHAPTER 11 - “San Marino Bones”
CHAPTER 12 - The Last Will and Testament of Didi Sohus
CHAPTER 13 - The Country Squire
CHAPTER 14 - Snooks
CHAPTER 15 - The God of War
CHAPTER 16 - The Boston Brahmin
CHAPTER 17 - Peach Melba Nights
CHAPTER 18 - “Find Out Who He Is”
CHAPTER 19 - Chip Smith: Baltimore, Maryland
CHAPTER 20 - The Manhunt
CHAPTER 21 - One Last Con?

Acknowledgements

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This book is in Kirkus Reviews: Best Nonfiction of 2011. (authoritative list)

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Mark Seal (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Viking Adult
Country: United States
Publication Date: June 2, 2011
ISBN: 0670022748
Page Count: 336

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Edgar Award (Finalist, 2012: Best Fact Crime)

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Dewey: 364.1633

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Books › Nonfiction › True Accounts › Espionage
Books › Biographies & Memoirs › Specific Groups › Criminals

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