Words for the wise from the mouth of a fool.

Monday, July 10, 2006

Donn Pearce was a counterfeiter and a convict. He was a merchant marine and a safecracker. He was these things before he turned twenty, and then he wrote Cool Hand Luke , was nominated for an Academy Award, went broke, and chased bail jumpers.

Via Metafilter, a terrific Esquire article on writer Donn Pearce.


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