Author Name: Barer, Burl
Title: Man Overboard : The Counterfeit Resurrection of Phil
Binding: Hard Cover
Book Condition: As New
Jacket Condition: As New
Type: Black Leather-like Boards
Edition: First Edition/First Printing
Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Publisher: Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A. Northwest Publishing, Incorporated 1995
ISBN Number: 1569018154 / 9781569018156
Inscription: Signed by Author
Seller ID: 00181
Hardcopy and Brodart-wrapped D/J are both As New. Inscribed by author on title page, "To Donald, Enjoy, Burl Barer". 1982: Oregon businessman Phil Champagne, age 52, dies in a tragic boating accident off Lopez Island. He is survived by one ex-wife, four adult children, an octogenarian mother, and two despondent brothers. Phil didn't know he was dead until he read it in the paper. All things considered, he took it rather well. So did Phil's brother, Mitch, the beneficiary of a 1.5 million dollar policy on Phil's life. 1992: Washington restauranteur Harold Stegeman, famous for his thick, juicy steaks, is arrested by the Secret Service for printing counterfeit United States currency in an Idaho shed. In addition to the bogus bills, Stegeman also has a fraudulently obtained passport, a fabricated Cayman Island drivers license, and Phil Champagne's fingerprints. When the uproarious reality of Harold Stegeman's secret identity hit the headlines, the counterfeit resurrection of Phil Champagne became one of the most celebrated and hysterically funny true-crime stories of the 20th century. And while every supermarket tabloid and television talk show hounded after the untild story, only Edgar Award winner Burl Barer captured Champagne's confidence and received permission to detail Phil's post-mortem career of fraud, deception, trickery, lies, and fine prime rib, bringing to life the exploits of a man his family thought was dead over a decade ago.
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