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During three decades Sutton became so good at breaking into banks, the FBI put him on its first-ever Most Wanted List. But the public rooted for the criminal who never fired a shot, and when Sutton 4/5(44). Sutton by J.R. Moehringer is a work of fiction but the protagonist, Willie Sutton actually existed. Willie Sutton or William Francis Sutton, Jr. was a prolific American bank robber who during his forty-year criminal career stole an estimated $2 million, and spent more than half of his adult life in prison and escaped three times/5(K). Blending vast research with vivid imagination, Pulitzer Prize-winner J.R. Moehringer brings Willie Sutton blazing back to life. In Moehringer's retelling, it was more than need or rage at society that drove Sutton. It was one unforgettable woman. In all Sutton's crimes and confinements, his first love (and first accomplice) was never far from his thoughts. And when Sutton finally walked free - a surprise pardon .

Travels with George by Nathaniel Philbrick is a solid book subtitled In Search of Washington and His Legacy. Philbrick writes a first-pers. John Joseph "J.R." Moehringer (born December 7, ) is an American novelist and journalist. In he won the Pulitzer Prize for newspaper feature writing. Biography. Moehringer was born in New York City and was Moehringer, J.R. Sutton. New York: Hyperion, J.R. Moehringer, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for feature writing in , is a former national correspondent for the Los Angeles Times. Author of the bestselling memoir, The Tender Bar, he is also the co-author of Open by Andre Agassi.

Former journalist J.R. Moehringer, the author of the memoir "The Tender Bar" and co-author of "Open," by Andre Agassi, harnesses that persistent antipathy in his debut novel, "Sutton," a gripping. Sutton by J.R. Moehringer is a work of fiction but the protagonist, Willie Sutton actually existed. Willie Sutton or William Francis Sutton, Jr. was a prolific American bank robber who during his forty-year criminal career stole an estimated $2 million, and spent more than half of his adult life in prison and escaped three times. His novel, Sutton, based on the life of bank robber Willie Sutton, was published in He ghostwrote Phil Knight's memoir, Shoe Dog, published in Awards. , Literary Award, PEN Center USA West. , Livingston Award for Young Journalists. , Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing. References.