Boss Brooks
A True Story of Fraud, Family, and Forgiveness from Tennessee to Texas
- 235 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
Boss Brooks
A True Story of Fraud, Family, and Forgiveness from Tennessee to Texas
About this book
True crime meets family memoir in this gripping story of faked death
In 1931, Boss Bingham, the head cashier of Hardin County Bank in Saltillo, Tennessee, faked his death from a fiery auto accident and fled west to escape allegations of fraud and embezzlement. While his three children believed he was dead, Bingham reinvented himself as Marvin Lester Brooks, a rancher in Sherwood, Texas, where he married and raised a second family. Upon his death four decades later, he became a man with two tombstones.
In Boss Brooks: A True Story of Fraud, Family, and Forgiveness from Tennessee to Texas, Bingham's granddaughter Kathy Bingham Turner and journalist Leon Alligood uncover the truth about Boss's deception and explore the impacts on both his families. Through meticulous research and personal reflections, the authors delve into the history of rural Tennessee and Texas, revealing the complex legacy of a man whose final confession came only after suffering a stroke in 1972.
A gripping memoir of family secrets revealed, Boss Brooks offers a compelling blend of historical context and personal discovery. Turner and Alligood have produced a captivating saga that helps us understand the multifaceted nature of family legacies.
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Table of contents
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- 1 The Worst Part
- 2 Soaring West
- 3 The Lie
- 4 Finding My Way
- 5 Promotion
- 6 Singing Hymns
- 7 Stepping Off the Porch
- 8 Dirty Work
- 9 Insurance Is for the Living
- 10 The Charred Corpse
- 11 Waiting for News
- 12 Timeline Trouble
- 13 Sifting Through Numbers
- 14 The Vanishing Letter
- 15 Scrutiny
- 16 The Trials Begin
- 17 Spring Creek
- 18 The Settlement
- 19 Dying
- 20 Meeting Sonny
- 21 Is Jiggs There?
- 22 Strong Women
- 23 Making the Call
- 24 Lessons Learned
- Notes
- Bibliography