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John S. Hilbert:
Shady Sides
[2827]

The Life and Crimes of Norman Tweed Whitaker Chess Master. 
2000, 482 Seiten, Leinen mit Schutzumschlag, englisch  

What makes a man go bad?
What compels the son of a respected, middleclass, high school principal, a graduate of three law schools, a federal patent attorney, to turn to crime?
What makes the most promising young chess player of his generation steal cars, sell narcotics, hoodwink hundreds, blackmail celebreties, and do much, much worse?

Norman Tweed Whitaker, born to a good family, esteemed by teachers, fellow chess players, and almost everyone and almost everyone who knew him as a young man, simply could not walk a straight line through life. And the crooked line he did walk is admirably brought to life for the first time in this book.

Whitaker lived a long and tortured life, moving from his parent's home in Philadelphia, where he was born in 1890, through a series of successes and damnations that would have tried the soul of many a less talented mortal.

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