Author: Michael Lindsey
Publisher: Butler Center for Arkansas Studies
ISBN: 9780980089745
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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"A colorful history of law enforcement in Arkansas full of unpredictable events..."-- Back cover.

Author: J. Anthony Lukas
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1439128103
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 884

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Hailed as "toweringly important" (Baltimore Sun), "a work of scrupulous and significant reportage" (E. L. Doctorow), and "an unforgettable historical drama" (Chicago Sun-Times), Big Trouble brings to life the astonishing case that ultimately engaged President Theodore Roosevelt, Supreme Court justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, and the politics and passions of an entire nation at century's turn. After Idaho's former governor is blown up by a bomb at his garden gate at Christmastime 1905, America's most celebrated detective, Pinkerton James McParland, takes over the investigation. His daringly executed plan to kidnap the radical union leader "Big Bill" Haywood from Colorado to stand trial in Idaho sets the stage for a memorable courtroom confrontation between the flamboyant prosecutor, progressive senator William Borah, and the young defender of the dispossessed, Clarence Darrow. Big Trouble captures the tumultuous first decade of the twentieth century, when capital and labor, particularly in the raw, acquisitive West, were pitted against each other in something close to class war. Lukas paints a vivid portrait of a time and place in which actress Ethel Barrymore, baseball phenom Walter Johnson, and editor William Allen White jostled with railroad magnate E. H. Harriman, socialist Eugene V. Debs, gunslinger Charlie Siringo, and Operative 21, the intrepid Pinkerton agent who infiltrated Darrow's defense team. This is a grand narrative of the United States as it charged, full of hope and trepidation, into the twentieth century.

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Languages : en
Pages : 818

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Category : American wit and humor
Languages : en
Pages : 800

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Author: Wayne Groves Barrows
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Languages : en
Pages : 314

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Author: Radley Balko
Publisher: PublicAffairs
ISBN: 1541700287
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 497

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This groundbreaking history of how American police forces have been militarized is now revised and updated. Newly added material brings the story through 2020, including analysis of the Ferguson protests, the Obama and Trump administrations, and the George Floyd protests. The last days of colonialism taught America’s revolutionaries that soldiers in the streets bring conflict and tyranny. As a result, our country has generally worked to keep the military out of law enforcement. But over the last two centuries, America’s cops have increasingly come to resemble ground troops. The consequences have been dire: the home is no longer a place of sanctuary, the Fourth Amendment has been gutted, and police today have been conditioned to see the citizens they serve as enemies. In Rise of the Warrior Cop, Balko shows how politicians’ ill-considered policies and relentless declarations of war against vague enemies like crime, drugs, and terror have blurred the distinction between cop and soldier. His fascinating, frightening narrative that spans from America’s earliest days through today shows how a creeping battlefield mentality has isolated and alienated American police officers and put them on a collision course with the values of a free society.

Author: Miles Redd
Publisher: Assouline Publishing
ISBN: 1614280614
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 5

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Internationally acclaimed interior design sensation Miles Redd is known for his quirky brand of cozy glamour. His unique aesthetic vision is characterized by playful mélanges of high and low, invigorated with whimsical splashes of color and modern gestures. Drawing on inspirations ranging from Richard Avedon fashion photographs to Rene Gruau illustrations, Redd has crafted interiors for a wide array of venues. His Trademark approach to design has brought to life rooms infused with boldness, fantasy, and sophistication. This lavishly illustrated volume will be an inspiration to anyone interested in spirited, eclectic design.

Author: Bill Brooks
Publisher: Speaking Volumes
ISBN: 1645401952
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 235

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HARD JUSTICE CAN TURN A YOUNG MAN INTO A DEAD MAN HELLDOGS — Spitting fire and kicking up dust, the Comancheros ride like they're coming out of hell itself. At the head of the thieving, killing pack is scar-faced Rufus Buck, a man who gives no quarter—and takes the life of anyone who gets in his way. HERO — Gambler and gunfighter, lawman and friend to presidents and kings, Augustus Monroe is a hero with awesome courage and shooting skills. In the legends he's inspired, he stands for justice. In real life, can he match those legends? HARD RIDERS — Ivory Cade's a young man with no kin and the whole world spread out in front of him. Albert Sand is the son of a lawman brought down by Rufus Buck. With only an aging Indian and a drunken preacher on their side, Cade and Sand rode out from the Texas Panhandle to the Kansas plains in pursuit of vengeance, the mythical Augustus Monroe and... BILL BROOKS "HAS A KNACK FOR STORYTELLING." —Library Journal

Author: Tim Green
Publisher: Hachette+ORM
ISBN: 0446544086
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 231

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Readers last saw Casey Jordan in The Letter of the Law, where she defended her law professor for the grisly murder of a student only to discover he was guilty. After, Casey left her high-powered practice and wealthy husband and opened a legal aid clinic. When an illegal Mexican immigrant is shot on a ranch outside Dallas, it makes the news, not because of the immigrant, but because of the shooter, Senator Tucker Dean. It looks like a hunting accident, and the well-loved young Senator spins the disaster artfully with his tearful press conference. . . until the sister in law of the victim steps forward with another tale. The senator's wife was regularly visiting the victim, so Casey theorizes he was shot by the husband for revenge. When INS takes the victim's daughter away and tries to deport his wife, it looks like a cover-up of epic proportions. Casey approaches the D.A.'s office with information, only to discover that no prosecutor will take on this case. The senator is powerful and on track for a presidential nomination in a few years, so no one wants to tangle with him. Casey is determined to see the truth come out. If the state won't prosecute a murderer, she will sue him in civil court on behalf of the mother. But this popular senator is wily, vindictive, and dangerous. What will happen to Casey when she goes up against a man who seems above the law?

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Category : Elocution
Languages : en
Pages : 392

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