Joseph Wambaugh

From Joseph Wambaugh, #1 best-selling author and the father of the modern police novel, comes a brilliant, panoramic tale of crime and corruption in Los Angeles. In the southermost Los Angeles district of San Pedro, one of the world's busiest harbors, an unlikely pair of lovers are unwittingly caught between the two warring sides of the law amid the investigation of a horrifying human-trafficking ring. Joseph Wambaugh (WAHM-baw), in full Joseph Aloysius Wambaugh, Jr., was born into what he described as a family of âœsteelworkers, bar owners, and champion drinkers.â His father and mother, Anne Malloy Wambaugh, moved from Pennsylvania to California with their only child in 1951. Three years later, Wambaugh joined the United States Marine Corps, serving until 1957. In the middle of his tour, he married Dee Allsup. Joseph Wambaugh, Writer: The Black Marble. Joseph Wambaugh was born on January 22, 1937 in East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. He is known for his work on The Black Marble (1980), The New Centurions (1972) and Fugitive Nights: Danger in the Desert (1993). Joseph Aloysius Wambaugh, Jr is a best selling American author famous for both fictional and non-fictional work on the police in the United States. He was born on January 22, 1937 in East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. At the age of 17 in 1954, he joined the U.S. Marines and served for three years. He married at the age of 18. Joseph Wambaugh obtained an associate degree from Chaffey College and also attended California State University, Los Angeles where he received Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts degrees. Joseph Wambaugh, maestro del thriller polic?aco, ha vuelto con una adictiva novela focalizada una vez m?s en los oficiales de la Hollywood Station del LAPD; en concreto en el papel que desempe?an los «cuervos», nombre popular dela Oficina de Relaciones Comunitarias (CRO), formado por polic?as que no est?n satisfechos en las calles y que se sienten m?s. Joseph Wambaugh, a former LAPD detective sergeant (1960-1974), is the bestselling author of twenty-one prior works of fiction and nonfiction, including The Choirboys and The Onion Field. Wambaugh joined the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) in 1960. He served 14 years, rising to detective sergeant. Joseph Aloysius Wambaugh, Jr. (born January 22, 1937) is a bestselling American writer known for his fictional and non-fictional accounts of police work in the United States. Several of his first novels were set in Los Angeles, California, and its surroundings, and featured Los Angeles police officers as protagonists. He has been nominated for 4 Edgar awards winning 3, and named a Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America. Joseph Aloysius Wambaugh, Jr. (born January 22, 1937, in East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an American writer known for his fictional and non-fictional accounts of police work in the United States. The son of a police officer, Wambaugh joined the U.S. Marines at age seventeen (an element he works into several of his novels), and married at eighteen. He received an