Man Overboard: The Counterfeit Resurrection of Phil Champagne

Man Overboard: The Counterfeit Resurrection of Phil Champagne

â€œTrue crime at its best. â€¦ Barer has undeniable talent, pizzaz and imagination!â€â€”Jack Olsen, bestselling author and award-winning journalist.

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: Wastington 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 twentieth century. And while every supermarket tabloid and television talk show hounded after the untold 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 dead over a decade ago.

â€œCrisp as a freshly printed C-note. Exceptionally clever and vastly entertaining!â€â€”Lee Goldberg, author, screenwriter and television producer.

â€œBarer does it again! A deft and dazzling display of solid research and rapier witâ€”a must for all true crime aficionados.â€â€”Gary C. King, author of To Die For.

Country	USA
Author	Burl Barer
Binding	Kindle Edition
Edition	2
EISBN	9780990557371
Format	Kindle eBook
IsAdultProduct
Label	WildBlue Press
Manufacturer	WildBlue Press
NumberOfPages	260
PublicationDate	2014-09-17
Publisher	WildBlue Press
ReleaseDate	2014-09-17
Studio	WildBlue Press

Man Overboard: The Counterfeit Resurrection of Phil Champagne

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