The Jewel Thief by Bill Mason

The Jewel Thief by Bill Mason

The extraordinarily captivating memoir of the remarkable jewel thief who robbed the rich and the famous while maintaining an outwardly conventional life--an astonishing and completely true story, the like of which has never before been told . . . or lived.
Bill Mason is arguably the greatest jewel thief who ever lived. During a thirty-year career he charmed his way into the inner circles of high society and stole more than $35 million worth of fabulous jewels from such celebrities as Robert Goulet, Armand Hammer, Phyllis Diller, Bob Hope, Truman Capote, Margaux Hemingway and Johnny Weissmuller--he even hit the Mafia. Along the way he seduced a high-profile Midwest socialite into leaving her prominent industrialist husband, nearly died after being shot during a robbery, tricked both Christie's and Sotheby's into fencing stolen goods for him and was a fugitive for five years and the object of a nationwide manhunt. Yet despite the best efforts of law enforcement authorities from several states as well as the federal government, he spent less than three years total in prison.
Shadowy, elusive and intensely private, Mason has been the subject of many magazine and newspaper features, but no journalist has ever come close to knowing the facts. Now, in his own words and with no holds barred, he reveals everything, and the real story is far more incredible than any of the reporters, detectives or FBI agents who pursued Mason ever imagined. Confessions of a Master Jewel Thief, expertly co-written by bestselling author Lee Gruenfeld, is a unique true-crime confessional.

From the Hardcover edition.

Bill Mason is a well-known fly fisherman and guide who has written for and photographed for most of the major fly fishing publications. He founded Idaho's first big guiding enterprise on Henry's Fork in 1969, and Sun Valley's first guide service and fly fishing school in 1973, which he still runs today.

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ISBN 13	9780375508394
ISBN 10	0375508392
Title	The Jewel Thief
Author	Bill Mason
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Villard Books
Year published	2004-04-01
Number of pages	365
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