8 Catch Me If You Can
with Stan Redding
GROSSET & DUNLAP
A FILMWAYS COMPANY
Publishers • New York
This book is based on the true-life exploits of Frank Abagnale. To protect the rights of those whose paths have crossed the author’s, all of the characters and some of the events have been altered, and all names, dates, and places have been changed.
Copyright © 1980 by Frank W. Abagnale, Jr.
All rights reserved
Published simultaneously in Canada
Library of Congress catalog card number: 79-91619
ISBN 0-448-16538-4
Fifth printing 1980
Printed in the United States of America
To my dad
CONTENTS
1 The Fledgling
2 The Pilot
3 Fly a Crooked Sky
4 If I’m a Kid Doctor, Where’s My Jar of Lollipops?
5 A Law Degree Is Just an Illegal Technicality
6 Paperhanger in a Rolls-Royce
7 How to Tour Europe on a Felony a Day
8 A Small Crew Will Do—It’s Just a Paper Airplane
9 Does This Tab Include the Tip?
10 Put Out an APB—Frank Abagnale Has Escaped!
Epilogue
Back Cover/Photographs
