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| AUTHOR: | JOSEPH WAMBAUGH |
| CATEGORY: | Book |
| MANUFACTURER: | Dell |
| ISBN: | 0440173507 |
| TYPE: | California, Case studies, Fiction, General, Los Angeles, Murder, Murder - General, Nonfiction - True Crime / Espionage, True Crime / Murder |
| MEDIA: | Mass Market Paperback |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
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Wambaugh's Best. The Onion Field is a top shelf book. It's the in-depth analysis of the true story of a 1963 event in Los Angeles. Two cops pull over two crooks in an otherwise routine traffic stop. But the desperate crooks get the drop on the cops, get their guns, kidnap them, drive them out to an onion field in the countryside, and murder one of them. One of the cops escapes death, but is haunted by guilt over the death of his partner and his inability to help. The murderers are captured, tried, convicted, and then retried over and over again on appeal.
The surviving cop is further savaged when the LAPD uses the case in training as an example of all the wrong things a cop can do when stopping and approaching cars.
Haunted by horrific memories, saddened by the loss of his partner, wracked by guilt, ostracized by his own, and repeatedly tormented by defense attorneys in one retrial after another, the cop suffers emotional meltdown. Wambaugh, takes us meticulously through the crime, second by second, and then tells the surviving cop's powerful and moving story: the destruction of a forgotten victim. This is as good as it gets. --Christopher Bonn Jonnes, author of Wake Up Dead.
Outstanding storytelling; gripping, frightening, a winner.
This is the true story of the abduction of two police officers in Bakersfield California in 1963, and of the murder of one of the officers in a nearby field of onions. The by-the-book coverage of the investigation is dovetailed with observances of the psychological breakdown of the surviving partner. If you have read "In Cold Blood," then you should read this as well. A classic police story, written with honesty, reality, and incredible style.
eerie real life drama
This is an eeerie real life account of what happened back in 1963. the details of the investigation both shock and frustrated me as I could not believe our justice system essentially allowed these two criminals so muck leeway. The surviving cop's life became a testament to why stricted laws needed to be put in place and why therapy is something that allows a cleansing of the soul for those who need it.