Everything Runs Like a Movie: The Strange But True Story of Bank Robber Hermann Beier - Paperback

by John Cooper (Author)

Desperate, Hermann Beier of Alliston, Ontario, turned to bank robbery in the early 1990s to pay his mounting bills and ended up being pursued in what became at the time the longest police chase in Canadian history. Gunned down in a hail of bullets, Beier lived to tell the tale and gain a chance to restart his life.

Author Biography

John Cooper has published a number of books on African-Canadian history, including Rapid Ray: The Story of Ray Lewis and Season of Rage: Hugh Burnett and the Struggle for Civil Rights. He is also the author of the teen novel The Greyhound. Cooper lives in Whitby, Ontario.