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!
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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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