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Captain Richard Phillips Gets $500K Memoir Deal: Report

First Posted: 07/05/09 06:12 AM ET Updated: 05/25/11 02:25 PM ET

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Captain Richard Phillips

Crain's New York Business:

Merchant ship hero Capt. Richard Phillips may never have to brave pirate-ridden seas again, unless he really wants to.

According to publishing sources, Hyperion Books has won the auction for a memoir by Mr. Phillips, who saved his crew from Somali pirates by volunteering to be taken hostage.

Read the whole story: Crain's New York Business

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HUFFPOST COMMUNITY MODERATOR
LetMeUnderstandThis
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10:48 AM on 06/05/2009
his story can be summed up in a pamphlet.
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ruffmama
your ad here.....inquire within.
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10:35 PM on 06/04/2009
only $500K??? This is one I would actually buy and read....he should get more!
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05:38 PM on 06/04/2009
This is one book I would buy and read.
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koalaholik
We are the USA. We DO NOT torture.
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05:28 PM on 06/04/2009
Good for him! Everybody else is writing books - at least this is one people might read.
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01:41 PM on 06/05/2009
True.
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