false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255916929m/2407107.jpg 2407107 3 <p>John Montague had a bagful of golf tricks. He could chip balls into a hammock hung on a balcony and pick a bird off a wire at 170 yards. When he arrived in Hollywood in the early 1930s, he quickly became a celebrity among celebrities. He lived for a time with Oliver Hardy and played golf with everyone from Howard Hughes to W.C. Fields to Bing Crosby, his close friend, whom he famously beat while playing with only a rake, a shovel, and a bat. Yet strangely, Montague never entered a professional golf tournament&#8212;and in a town that thrived on publicity, he remained conspicuously silent about his lavish lifestyle and absolutely refused to be photographed.<br><br>The reasons became clear when <i>Time</i> magazine published his picture...and police in upstate New York instantly recognized him as a fugitive wanted for armed robbery&#8212;and his name was not John Montague. The trial of the &#8220;Mysterious Montague&#8221; was held in a tiny upstate New York town, attracted hordes of national media, and became the most talked-about trial of its day. <br><br>From the glamour of 1930s Hollywood to Montague&#8217;s tricks and triumphs on the golf course, to the shady world of Adirondack bootleggers and rumrunners, Leigh Montville captures a man and his era with the verve and energy that have made his books major national bestsellers.</p> 2414278 6 5 2008 The Mysterious Montague: A True Tale of Hollywood, Golf, and Armed Robbery total:39|5:4|4:16|3:16|2:2|1:1| 39 137 66 12 4 0 false false Fri Jun 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 02 14:11:34 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 15 12:08:04 -0700 2009 It wasn’t golf that attracted me to Leigh Montville’s biography of The Mysterious Montague. It was the True Tale of Hollywood…and Armed Robbery. I’m a sucker f...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jun 25 05:51:57 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 25 05:52:18 -0700 2008
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