His story was made into a book, ballad of the whiskey robber 2004, by author julian. Published september 2004 by little, brown and company. Thanks john green, editions sonatine in paris, and attila ambrus in hungary. Ballad of the whiskey robber a true story of bank heists, ice hockey, transylvanian pelt smuggling, moonlighting detectives, and broken hearts by julian rubinstein.
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