Our father who aren't in heaven
Subtitle: a true story of a career criminal
By: Frye and Mercier
Contributors: Mercier, Tracy
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Lulu.com; lulu.com
Published: 2011
Place of publication: United States
Language: eng
Number of pages: 180
ISBN-13: 9781257842278
Subjects: Criminals; Biography; Counterfeiters
Description: "My sister and I uncovered a fascinating story about our father and his life of crime. Thirteen years after his death, we were contacted by an adoptee, age thirty, searching for her birth parents. The limited information she provided matched our dad. We were puzzled because at the time of her conception, our father was in prison just ten miles away. We requested his visitor's list and found a female visited during that time. When we broke this news to the adoptee, she was mortified and cancelled a D.N.A test. In the process of determining if we were siblings, we discovered our father's criminal life, before he met our mother. Going back to his roots, we were surprised to learn our father and his sister were abandoned as toddlers. They were left on the porch of relatives. He grew up to become a notorious opportunist whose crimes netted more money than many legendary outlaws."
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: The email; title: Bim, Gloria and runaway Gert; title: Unlikely heroes; title: The wheelchair gang; title: Tools of the trade; title: WheeLing feeling; title: The great escape; title: Fifteen minutes of fame; title: Jail sux; title: Mobtown, U.S.A.; title: Along came Shirley; title: Bogus Bill; title: Daddy's home; title: photographs; title: The golden years; title: Three bad men; title: Glory days; title: Parenting from prison; title: It's about time; title: Any which way you can; title: Youngstown till death do us part; title: Closure.