In this "excellent book for people who like to start sentences with 'Did you know that…'" (The New York Times), discover the most bizarre ways you might become a federal criminal in America-from mailing a mongoose to selling Swiss cheese without enough holes-written and illustrated by the creator of the wildly popular @CrimeADay Twitter account.
Have you ever clogged a toilet in a national forest? That could get you six months in federal prison. Written a letter to a pirate? You might be looking at three years in the slammer. Leaving the country with too many nickels, drinking a beer on a bicycle in a national park, or importing a pregnant polar bear are all very real crimes, and this riotously funny, ridiculously entertaining, and fully illustrated book shows how just about anyone can become-or may already be-a federal criminal.
Whether you're a criminal defense lawyer or just a self-taught expert in outrageous offenses, How to Become a Federal Criminal is "an entertaining and humorous look at our criminal justice system" (Forbes). By day, Mike Chase is a white collar criminal defense lawyer. By night, he's the legal humorist behind the @CrimeADay Twitter feed, where he offers a daily dose of his extensive research into the curious, intriguing, and often amusing history of America's expansive criminal laws. Mike's work has made him the go-to commentator on the countless weird and esoteric federal criminal laws buried deep in the books: he's been a featured guest on American Public Media's The Uncertain Hour, published in The Wall Street Journal, and more.
