Life on the Installment Plan: (True story of a professional thief)

My name is Marvin “Marty” Maertens and this book is based on my life story - a life of crime, jails, prison, a mental hospital, and ten marriages. My life of crime actually began at age 13; state prisons started at age 21 with an Army stockade to my credit before that. Prison life ended in December 1976 at age 45. Life itself started again with my 10th marriage on December 5, 1981. I knew in 1976 that my life in prison was over. I’d had all I could handle with six prison sentences. However, at the time, I wasn’t necessarily sure I was done with crime. So, here is my story and I hope you enjoy it and learn from it.