Trilogy: Three True Stories of Scoundrels and Schemers
By Peggy Adler
Read by Peter Coyote
Unabridged
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3 Formats: CD
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3 Formats: Library CD
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3 Formats: MP3 CD
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ISBN: 9798874747039
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ISBN: 9798874747022
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ISBN: 9798874747046
| Runtime: | 1.15 Hours |
| Category: | Nonfiction/Social Science |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
Summary
Summary
Winner of the IPPY Award for Best Nonfiction Audiobook
In 1991, Peggy Adler, author of Trilogy: Three True Stories of Scoundrels and Schemers, was retained by self-proclaimed CIA agent, arms dealer and money launderer, Richard Brenneke, to co-author his autobiography. She soon discovered evidence in his files contradicting claims regarding his presence at October Surprise conspiracy meetings and went on to out Brenneke as a con artist in a February 1992 article in the Village Voice. Adler then researched a series of additional articles for the “Voice,” which went on to prove that the so-called “October Surprise” was a hoax.
In mid-1992, upon learning that the United States House of Representatives had created a Task Force to Investigate Certain Allegations Concerning the Holding of American Hostages by Iran in 1980, which would be investigating whether or not there actually had been an “October Surprise,” she turned over to them the seventy cartons of documents she’d hauled east from Brenneke’s home in Portland, Oregon, in order to write his memoirs. Subsequently, she worked as a consultant to the Task Force and assisted in drafting and editing the Brenneke section of their final report.
Chapter one of this book recounts the Brenneke story, from 1973 forward, including her own odyssey with this scoundrel. Chapter two reveals how Oliver North and Richard Secord’s Iran-Contra pal, Albert Hakim, was well aware that it was possible to get money out of a Swiss bank account without ever being a signatory—for he’d facilitated just that, years before. And Chapter three traces Roger Ailes’ relationship to the Willie Horton commercial that helped sink George Dukakis’ hope for the presidency. Additionally, the book is laden with all the necessary documentation to back up what Adler has written.
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Author Bio: Peggy Adler
The Audiobook version of Peggy Adler’s Trilogy: Three True Stories of Scoundrels and Schemers, narrated by Peter Coyote, won gold medals in two prestigious literary competitions. First in the Independent Publisher (IPPY) Book Awards competition and then in the Electronic Literature (eLit) Awards Competition. Prior to Trilogy, she authored the historical biography, Pallenberg Wonder Bears - From the Beginning, as well as the award winning pictorial history, Images of America Clinton. She is also the author of the 2025 e-book and audiobook titled, Anatomy of a Gildy Episode - The Who’s Who of GG470129 Marjorie’s Hotrod Boyfriend: The Great Gildersleeve, John Whedon and Beyond. Decades earlier, In the 1960s and 70s, she authored and illustrated five titles for New York City publishers (The John Day Company & Franklin Watts), which went out of print in the mid-1980s—and were republished in two volumes in 2023. Furthermore, she’s illustrated two dozen others; provided art for the Bronx Zoo, the Humane Society of the United States, Little, Brown & Company, the Journal of Theoretical Biology, the Journal of Algebra, the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics and World Scientific Publishing; and complied and copyrighted a ragtime album titled, Joplin Playing Joplin. Adler also coordinated the 1969 world premiere of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid for 20th Century Fox and worked as a consultant for the U.S. House of Representatives’ October Surprise Task Force. Previous to winning the 2024 gold medals for Trilogy, her book Images of America Clinton was named “Best Research Publication” by the Connecticut Society of Genealogists. And in 2017, Marquis Who’s Who presented her with their Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award. Other honors include the Association of Former Intelligence Officer’s General Richard G. Stilwell Award, the Duck Island Yacht Club’s Corinthian Award and being named as a 2025 Connecticut Beacon Awardee. An active member of each community in which she’s ever lived, Adler spent eight years as a Clinton, CT Police Commissioner and is presently Chairman of the town’s Historic District Commission.
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| Available Formats : | CD, Library CD, MP3 CD |
| Category: | Nonfiction/Social Science |
| Runtime: | 1.15 |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
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