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The Man in the Rockefeller Suit

The Astonishing Rise and Spectacular Fall of a Serial Impostor

The Astonishing Rise and Spectacular Fall of a Serial Impostor

The Astonishing Rise and Spectacular Fall of a Serial Imposter

By Mark Seal

By Mark Seal

By Mark Seal

By Mark Seal

By Mark Seal
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By Mark Seal
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Apr 25, 2012 | ISBN 9780452298033

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    About The Man in the Rockefeller Suit

    “Forget fiction. Pop this jaw-dropper in your beach bag.” —USA Today

    This shocking expose goes behind the headlines to uncover the true story of Clark Rockefeller, wealthy scion of a great American family, who kidnapped his own daughter and vanished. The police and FBI were baffled. Tips poured in, but every lead was a dead end … because “Clark Rockefeller” did not exist. In a gripping work of investigative journalism, Mark Seal reveals how German native Christian Gerhartsreiter came to the United States, where he stepped in and out of identities for decades, eventually posing as a Rockefeller for twelve years, married to a wealthy woman who had no idea who he really was. Fast-paced, hypnotic, and now updated with more stunning details, The Man in the Rockefeller Suit chillingly reveals the audacity and cunning of a shape-shifting con man.

    About The Man in the Rockefeller Suit

    A real-life Talented Mr. Ripley, the unbelievable thirty-year run of a shape-shifting con man.

    The story of Clark Rockefeller is a stranger-than-fiction twist on the classic American success story of the self-made man-because Clark Rockefeller was totally made up. The career con man who convincingly passed himself off as Rockefeller was born in a small village in Germany. At seventeen, obsessed with getting to America, he flew into the country on dubious student visa documents and his journey of deception began.

    Over the next thirty years, boldly assuming a series of false identities, he moved up the social ladder through exclusive enclaves on both coasts-culminating in a stunning twelve-year marriage to a rising star businesswoman with a Harvard MBA who believed she’d wed a Rockefeller.

    The imposter charmed his way into exclusive clubs and financial institutions-working on Wall Street, showing off an extraordinary art collection-until his marriage ended and he was arrested for kidnapping his daughter, which exposed his past of astounding deceptions as well as a connection to the bizarre disappearance of a California couple in the mid-1980s.

    The story of The Man in the Rockefeller Suit is a probing and cinematic exploration of an audacious imposer-and a man determined to live the American dream by any means necessary.

    About The Man in the Rockefeller Suit

    A real-life Talented Mr. Ripley, the unbelievable thirty-year run of a shape-shifting con man.The story of Clark Rockefeller is a stranger-than-fiction twist on the classic American success story of the self-made man-because Clark Rockefeller was totally made up. The career con man who convincingly passed himself off as Rockefeller was born in a small village in Germany. At seventeen, obsessed with getting to America, he flew into the country on dubious student visa documents and his journey of deception began.Over the next thirty years, boldly assuming a series of false identities, he moved up the social ladder through exclusive enclaves on both coasts-culminating in a stunning twelve-year marriage to a rising star businesswoman with a Harvard MBA who believed she’d wed a Rockefeller.The imposter charmed his way into exclusive clubs and financial institutions-working on Wall Street, showing off an extraordinary art collection-until his marriage ended and he was arrested for kidnapping his daughter, which exposed his past of astounding deceptions as well as a connection to the bizarre disappearance of a California couple in the mid-1980s.The story of The Man in the Rockefeller Suit is a probing and cinematic exploration of an audacious imposer-and a man determined to live the American dream by any means necessary.

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    About Mark Seal

    Mark Seal has been a journalist for more than 30 years. Currently a contributing editor at Vanity Fair, he has written for many major magazines and served as a collaborator on almost 20 nonfiction books. He lives in Aspen, Colorado.

    About Mark Seal

    Mark Seal has been a journalist for more than 30 years. Currently a contributing editor at Vanity Fair, he has written for many major magazines and served as a collaborator on almost 20 nonfiction books. He lives in Aspen, Colorado.

    About Mark Seal

    Mark Seal has been a journalist for more than 30 years. Currently a contributing editor at Vanity Fair, he has written for many major magazines and served as a collaborator on almost 20 nonfiction books. He lives in Aspen, Colorado.

    Product Details

    Category: Biography & Memoir

    Paperback | $16.00
    Published by Plume
    Apr 25, 2012 | 368 Pages | 5-5/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780452298033

    Category: Biography & Memoir

    Ebook | $11.99
    Published by Plume
    Jun 02, 2011 | 368 Pages | ISBN 9781101515853

    Category: Biography & Memoir | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $17.50
    Published by Penguin Audio
    Jun 02, 2011 | 632 Minutes | ISBN 9781101483510

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