May 28, 2021
THE WASHINGTON POST – One of the more memorable TV shows of my childhood was
The Millionaire. In each episode, a fictional character received a million bucks, tax free, out of the blue. The drama, which ran from 1955 to 1960, centred on what the lucky stiff did with that windfall and how it changed his or her life. The donor, John Beresford Tipton – the best name for a plutocrat since Scrooge McDuck – withheld his identity from the recipient; the gift was supposed to be an anonymous rain of wealth, not an ego trip for the philanthropist.
Forrest Fenn, the real-life donor at the heart of
Now out in bookstores, Barbarisi’s “Chasing the Thrill, Obsession, Death and Glory in America’s Most Extraordinary Treasure Hunt” is drawing widespread media attention, as did the search.