[Mick]

article about the book from the Daily

https://www.stanforddaily.com/2020/09/14...zOTWO1zGX4

The author rang a bell with me.  Remember James Hogue, a 24 year old who pretended to be 16, stole an identity and enrolled at Palo Alto High School?  He was uncovered by Jason Cole, the author of Elway's biography.  Cole claimed that the Hogue story gave him the passion to pursue journalism as a career.  Cole later uncovered the Reggie Bush shenanigans at USC.

Hogue had an interesting life.  He applied to Princeton as a self-taught Utah resident.  He was accepted and deferred for a year, claiming a dying mother.  In reality, he'd been sentenced to jail for stealing a bike.  He was released after nine months, went to Princeton, got accepted into the Ivy dining club (snootiest of the snooty clubs), but was recognized by a Paly alum now attending Princeton.  Went to jail for a few months, ended up working at a Harvard Mineralogy museum...and they discovered $50k in minerals missing.  Quelle surprise.

He's quite the con man:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Hogu...ooperation.

[Mick]

article about the book from the Daily

https://www.stanforddaily.com/2020/09/14...zOTWO1zGX4

The author rang a bell with me.  Remember James Hogue, a 24 year old who pretended to be 16, stole an identity and enrolled at Palo Alto High School?  He was uncovered by Jason Cole, the author of Elway's biography.  Cole claimed that the Hogue story gave him the passion to pursue journalism as a career.  Cole later uncovered the Reggie Bush shenanigans at USC.

Hogue had an interesting life.  He applied to Princeton as a self-taught Utah resident.  He was accepted and deferred for a year, claiming a dying mother.  In reality, he'd been sentenced to jail for stealing a bike.  He was released after nine months, went to Princeton, got accepted into the Ivy dining club (snootiest of the snooty clubs), but was recognized by a Paly alum now attending Princeton.  Went to jail for a few months, ended up working at a Harvard Mineralogy museum...and they discovered $50k in minerals missing.  Quelle surprise.

He's quite the con man:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Hogu...ooperation.