Part 2, page 20

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[...] that turned out to be a nightmare, seemed an important if perhaps clichéd commentary on the problems of mass production capitalism. And Madison Avenue huckstering. As I discussed a possible book with McCauley, it occurred to me Cooper might be induced to turn in the money, by giving him a share, say 20 per cent, of the book proceeds, or arranging with a publisher a plan by which royalties would be put into a legal defense fund. The return of the $200,000 in $20s, would, naturally, be proof that we had the right man. I had stored the tapes and other documents in a friend's safety deposit box and was reading stories in the press that posses of 500 military hands were searching the woods around Lake Merwin for Cooper's body. In New York, McCauley made a quiet inquiry about a book with a friend at Harpers Magazine Press. Any negotiations he could make would have to be extremely discreet because of a chance the story would get out. Harper & Row was eager to do it, especially after McCauley told them any contract would be contingent on Cooper returning the money before they would be asked to put up advance money. McCauley was excited about the prospect of a book. Harper & Row, which would publish a hardback edition, and a paperback publisher which would put out a paperback, made a tentative offer of an advance exceeding $200,000. McCauley thought a movie deal might yield $1 million. Experience had taught me to be amusedly sceptical of such giddy dreams of instant riches.

A Possible Book Still, a book began to look like a reality. McCauley called to say he was arriv-[text cut off]

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