Eliot Asinof Signed Book: “The Fox is Crazy Too: The True Story of Garrett Trapnell."
Lot 385. Eliot Asinof Signed Book: “The Fox is Crazy Too: The True Story of Garrett Trapnell." In the 1960s and early 1970s, Trapnell was a con man, skyjacker, bank robber and womanizer who robbed banks in Canada, stole $100,000 worth of jewelry in the Bahamas, hijacked a Boeing 707 in the U.S., posed as a CIA agent, was married to at least six women at the same time, went to Cuba to join Fidel Castro, and limited his time in prison by pretending to be insane and successfully using the insanity defense. Asinof provides details of these circumstances, adventures and more in this 1976 first edition hardback, ex-m+ book, vg-ex dust jacket. The author of “Eight Men Out” concerning the 1919 World Series, Asinof autographed the title page of this book. His signature is mint 9 to gem mint 10 and PSA/DNA Pre-Certified. Asinof died in 2008. Minimum Bid $40.
