Alias Big Cherry: the confessions of a master criminal

by Robert H. Adleman

this is a true account of a nefarious master swindler criminal of this or any era. he estimated take was over $25 million before the law caught up with him.

334 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1973

About the author

A photographer and tail gunner in World War II, Adleman was a businessman and a historian who began a collaboration with U.S. Army Colonel George Walton to write books about World War II, the most successful of which was 1966's The Devil's Brigade. A story about the 1st Special Service Force nicknamed the "Devil's Brigade", the book would be turned into a motion picture of the same name.

After selling the movie rights, Adleman and his wife moved from Philadelphia to Malibu, California. They remained there for a number of years until they acquired a large ranch property in Oregon. At which point they opened the restaurant The Bella Union, featuring the "peach baboo", a cocktail named after their grandson's childhood treat. The Bella Union remains successful in Jacksonville, Oregon to this day. Adleman died in 1995. His wife and two daughters scattered his ashes on the ocean at the beach in Malibu.
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