Shackled: Confessions of a teenage Bank Robber

SHACKLED is a real life tale of crime. As a kid poverty and desperation, at times, sent him to live in orphanages and with countless relatives. When he was with his mom, they were constantly running from ex-husbands and irate landlords. At barely sixteen he was kicked out of his shattered family by stepfather number three. Survival meant hustling pool and selling drugs. Within a year, he was robbing banks. Bad choices bring consequences and by the age of eighteen it was time to pay up. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "John Swanger tells the riveting story of his early years as a teenage boy eager for the loving father figure he never had. When he finally finds him, however, the older man turns out to be a bank robber and John becomes one too. Amazing escapades are retold in vivid detail, based on Swanger's journal entries from the early 1970s. Short chapters with suspense-filled endings make the book a real page turner. Of course Swanger eventually lands in jail, and the reader longs for the sequel that will recount the even more remarkable events." Dr. Craig L. Blomberg, Prolific author and Distinguished Professor of New Testament, Denver Seminary