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An Evening with Chip Jacobs

Local journalist discusses his new book, The Ascension of Jerry, a tale of murder & its aftermath.

Bumbling hitmen. Burning corpses. Life in hiding. A threatened son. Jerry Schneiderman’s orderly world evaporated when his business partner was executed by an assassin in 1979 Los Angeles, and the buzzard-eyed ringleader soon came for him. Though the killers behind this murder-for-hire corporation were nabbed, the trauma annihilated Jerry’s family and stripped his trust. Recovery only came years later with Jerry’s improbable rebirth as a prank-loving activist who defended the weak and made enemies with the rich and powerful. 

CHIP JACOBS is the bestselling author of Smogtown: The Lung-Burning History of Pollution in Los Angeles (The Overlook Press/Penguin Group USA) with William Kelly, and Wheeling the Deal: The Outrageous Legend of Gordon Zahler, Hollywood’s Flashiest Quadriplegic (Behler). He lives in the Los Angeles area.

The Ascension of Jerry was recently chosen as General Non-fiction runner up of the 2012 Hollywood Book Awards.

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Chip will be joined by former leasing kingpin and famous L.A. party hound turned magician, Paul "The Fantastic Fig" Fegen (and his cat).

Wednesday, July 18th, 7:30 pm
SANTA MONICA PUBLIC LIBRARY
601 Santa Monica Boulevard
Santa Monica, CA 90401

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