Catch Me If You Can<ul><li>Genre: Nonfiction; Autobiography/Memoir</li><li>Originally Published: 1980</li><li>Reading Level/Interest: College/Adult</li><li>Structure/Length: 10 chapters; approx. 277 pages; approx. 8 hours, 30 minutes on audio</li><li>Central Concern: Con artist and check-forger Frank Abagnale details the various crimes he committed from 1964 to 1969, between the ages of 16 and 21.</li></ul> Frank Abagnale, Stan Redding, Authors<ul><li>Frank Abagnale Bio: Born in 1948 in Bronxville, NY; runs a consultancy firm; worked as a professional con artist, disguising himself as a copilot, doctor, lawyer, FBI agent, and professor; his memoir inspired a 2002 film directed by Steven Spielberg and a Broadway musical</li><li>Other Works by Frank Abagnale: The Art of the Steal (2001); Stealing Your Life (2007); Scam Me if You Can (2019)</li></ul> CENTRAL THEMES connected and noted throughout this Teaching Unit: <ul><li>Social Scripts and Performance</li><li>Gender Privilege and the Use of Women</li><li>Identity and Self-Construction</li></ul> STUDY OBJECTIVES: In accomplishing the components of this Unit, students will: <ul><li>Gain an understanding of social contexts regarding privilege-associated professions that enabled Frank Abagnale to get away with his crimes.</li><li>Make connections between the text’s theme of Gender Privilege and Frank Abagnale’s exploitation of women and leveraging of male privilege in order to succeed in his schemes.</li><li>Discuss the potential effects of writing a memoir for a con man like Abagnale and how he has constructed himself as a larger than life figure through viewing paired texts and thinking about popular media portrayals of crime.

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