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The Onion Field
Contributor(s): Wambaugh, Joseph (Author)
ISBN: 0385341598     ISBN-13: 9780385341592
Publisher: Delta
OUR PRICE:   $15.30  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: August 2007
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Annotation: This is the frighteningly true story of two young cops and two young robbers whose separate destinies fatally cross one March night in a bizarre execution in a deserted Los Angeles field.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- True Crime | Murder - General
- Biography & Autobiography | Criminals & Outlaws
- History | United States - State & Local - West (ak, Ca, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, Wy)
Dewey: 364.152
LCCN: 2007281096
Physical Information: 1.11" H x 5.28" W x 8.24" (0.85 lbs) 512 pages
Themes:
- Geographic Orientation - California
- Cultural Region - Southern California
- Locality - Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA
 
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.
Publisher Description:
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - "A fascinating account of a double tragedy: one physical, the other psychological."--Truman Capote

This is the frighteningly true story of two young cops and two young robbers whose separate destinies fatally cross one March night in a bizarre execution in a deserted Los Angeles field.

"A complex story of tragic proportions . . . more ambitious than In Cold Blood and equally compelling "--The New York Times

"Once the action begins it is difficult to put the book down. . . . Wambaugh's compelling account of this true story is destined for the bestseller lists."--Library Journal