Description:
Desperate, Hermann Beier of Alliston, Ontario, turned to bank robbery in the early 1990s to pay his mounting bills and ended up being pursued in what became at the time the longest police chase in Canadian history. Gunned down in a hail of bullets, Beier lived to tell the tale and gain a chance to restart his life.
Brief description:
John Cooper has published a number of books on African-Canadian history, including Shadow Running: Ray Lewis, Canadian Railway Porter and Olympic Athlete and Season of Rage: Hugh Burnett and the Struggle for Civil Rights. He is also the author of the teen novel The Greyhound. Cooper lives in Whitby, Ontario.
Review Quotes: Cooper has written a fast-paced, first-person account of a crime spree, its back story, the actual event in great detail, and the aftermath, prison, parole and now, private life. It's an absorbing slice of real crime reporting, well worth tracking down.