A Breed Apart
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A Breed Apart

A Journey to Redemption

  1. 304 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

A Breed Apart

A Journey to Redemption

About this book

In this “energetic” (Publishers Weekly) memoir, Victor Woods vividly recounts a trouble-filled and misunderstood coming-of-age in the suburbs of Chicago, the rollercoaster ride that led him to captain a multi-million dollar counterfeit scheme, and his life-changing stint in federal prison.

In 1990, Victor Woods was charged by the US federal government with organizing a credit card scam worth more than forty million dollars. He refused to implicate his family and friends for a reduced sentence. His lawyer at the time remarked that he was “a breed apart.”

In his authentic, matter-of-fact style, Woods shares the details of his evolution from a rebellious teen to a white-collar criminal and what inspired him to turn his life around while locked away as a federal inmate. Woods’s misdeeds and missteps remind us that sometimes we can be our own worst enemy. His remarkable turnaround shows us that no matter our past we can always make good on a second chance.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Dedication
  4. Foreword
  5. Chapter 1: The Sting
  6. Chapter 2: Grandmother Is Nobody’s Fool
  7. Chapter 3: My First Real Black Experience
  8. Chapter 4: Introduction to the Game
  9. Chapter 5: Learning How to Play the Game
  10. Chapter 6: My Only Burglary
  11. Chapter 7: Armed Robbery Ring
  12. Chapter 8: Recruiting
  13. Chapter 9: Surviving Jail 101
  14. Chapter 10: “The County”
  15. Chapter 11: Joliet Maximum Security Prison
  16. Chapter 12: Centralia Medium Security Prison
  17. Chapter 13: East Moline Minimum Security Prison
  18. Chapter 14: The Transition from Prison
  19. Chapter 15: Finding the Game
  20. Chapter 16: Never Judge a Book by Its Cover
  21. Chapter 17: Fools Rush In Where Wise Men Fear to Tread
  22. Chapter 18: Hell Breaks Loose
  23. Chapter 19: Back to the Game
  24. Chapter 20: Losing Mary Louise Martin
  25. Chapter 21: Shop Till You Drop
  26. Chapter 22: Mastering the Possibilities
  27. Chapter 23: The Coin Is Tossed
  28. Chapter 24: The Sting
  29. Chapter 25: The Informant
  30. Chapter 26: My Guardian Angel
  31. Chapter 27: Tails
  32. Chapter 28: Muslims and Mafia
  33. Chapter 29: The Car Chase
  34. Chapter 30: Sentencing
  35. Chapter 31: Oxford Maximum Security Prison
  36. Chapter 32: Sex, Alcohol, Depression and Prison Profits
  37. Chapter 33: Rock Bottom
  38. Chapter 34: The Road to Redemption
  39. Chapter 35: The Speech
  40. Chapter 36: Leaving Oxford
  41. Chapter 37: Earl Losing It All
  42. Chapter 38: The Meetings
  43. Chapter 39: Preamble to Freedom
  44. Chapter 40: Free at Last
  45. Afterword
  46. Acknowledgments
  47. About the Author
  48. Copyright