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    Fortune: The Aftermath of an Infamous Bank Vault Heist
    Fortune: The Aftermath of an Infamous Bank Vault Heist
    Fortune: The Aftermath of an Infamous Bank Vault Heist
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    Fortune: The Aftermath of an Infamous Bank Vault Heist

    By Brian James

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    Author Brian James’s sequel to his first book, HEADSTONE, answers most questions about the infamous heist. However, it also opens up so many more possibilities that even Junior James himself would be scratching his silver receding hairline and belting down several vodka and waters in the hereafter with co-record holder, Rasputin, for most vodka consumed in a lifetime. What was actually taken from the trusting depositors in the Fourth of July holiday weekend vault burglary of the early ‘80s was known only to the perpetrators, and few of them would have knowledge of what ultimately happened to their fortune!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrian James
    Release dateFeb 5, 2013
    ISBN9780988793927
    Fortune: The Aftermath of an Infamous Bank Vault Heist
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    Brian James

    Brian James is the author of several highly praised books for young adults, including Pure Sunshine; Tomorrow, Maybe; Dirty Liar, Zombie Blondes; and The Heights. He lives in Upstate New York.

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      Fortune - Brian James

      FORTUNE

      The Aftermath of an Infamous Bank Vault Heist

      Brian James

      Copyright © 2012 by Brian James

      Published on Smashwords

      Formatted by eBooksMade4You

      * * *

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the copyright owner.

      ISBN: 9780988793927

      FORTUNE is entirely a composite work of fiction based essentially on the 2011 fictional memoir, HEADSTONE. Characters, including organized crime figures and F.B.I. special

      agents, are the creation of the author’s imagination. Any similarity whatsoever to the names or histories of persons, living or deceased, or actual places and incidents is coincidental and unintentional.

      * * *

      Dedication

      Hail, would-be authors! If you have a desire to tell a story, don’t ever let any person, place, or thing discourage you. If publishers have turned down your proposal letters one after another, don’t ever give up. Even if only one reader enjoys and is inspired by your written thoughts, who has the right to judge your work by his/her standards of notoriety?

      I trust many of the above such works will be composed by authors just like yourself, with independently-published efforts and a dream unextinguishable by a mailbox full of rejection notices. Get yourself out of bed at 3:00 A.M., make a strong cup of coffee, and sit down at your desk, but don’t quit on your writing or apologize for it being rough around the edges.

      Sincerely,

      Brian James

      Fall, 2012

      * * *

      Author’s Note

      I have heard it said in story writers’ classes in Florida and on Cape Cod, If every person would buy just four books each year, the local corner bookstore could survive. One hardcover or softcover book each season would prevent the extinction of a community treasure. Now, I have sold my first book, HEADSTONE, also via an e-book format and, more recently, in an audio version. However, when I laughed the loudest and sobbed the hardest, I was holding a real book! Technology need not always throw the baby out with the bath water. Sit back today in a comfortable chair and smell the fresh cover and pages of a brand new book by your favorite litterateur.

      * * *

      CONTENTS

      Foreword

      Part I Details and Characters

      I. Heist Re-Cap

      II. The Perpetrators

      III. The Pursuers

      IV. Mischievous Mistresses

      V. Junior James

      Photos of Junior’s Lovable Idiosyncrasies

      Part II Reactions and Results

      VI. Surviving Dragoons Speak Out

      VII. Boxholders and Bagholders

      VIII. Verdict Time

      IX. Joint Law Enforcement Press Conference

      X. Dragoons’ Rebutting Remarks

      Afterword

      Acknowledgement

      * * *

      Foreword

      You don't have to rush out and buy a copy of HEADSTONE, but I'll bet you 7 to 5 you'll want to download the audio CD of HEADSTONE in order to update your knowledge of its infamous Part III The Heist and my Pop's Drake's associates. Included is the just-released additional epilogue, "Letters on the

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