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Beginning at the age of 15, Frank Abignail Jr. embarked on a six-year crime spree as an

imposter, in which he stole his father's identity.

Frudgently worked as an airline pilot, University professor, doctor and lawyer, before being

arrested in sentence to 12 years in prison.

After serving half of his term, Abignail was paroled in the condition that he would lend

his expertise on forgery to the FBI, leaving a story to be dramatized in Steven Spielberg's

2002 film Catch Me If You Can.

Abignail Jr.'s binge of Tarzan swinging from career to career parallels that of a more

famous American celebrity, except one who actually worked all those disparate professions.

Harlan David Sanders, born in Indiana back in 1890, was just five when his father abruptly

died, forcing him to learn how to cook his family's meals as a small child, and then take

a job as a farmhand at the age of 10.

Throne into the workforce as a preteen, Sanders labored at countless lines over the next

three decades.

Carriage painter, street car conductor, US Army soldier, though his ceremonial kernel

title was not a military rank, blacksmith's assistant and railroad fireman during which

he studied law and his off hours.

Sanders then became a lawyer, his legal career ending after three years due to a courtroom

fist fight with his own client.

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