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An intriguing memoir of a family of Irish-American cops in New York City traces the lives and careers of three generations of NYPD officers, from the author's maternal grandfather, who paid the price for standing up to corruption, to his precinct captain father, to his older brother, Frankie. 25,000 first printing. Tour.
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The day-to-day reality of life as a police officer comes through with unglamorous clarity in this scrupulously honest memoir. Yes, the author recounts some exciting stories of cases cracked and perpetrators nailed. But in recounting three relatives' careers in the New York City Police Department, Brian McDonald spends considerable time delineating personal relationships (particularly with their strong-minded wives) and their progress (or lack of it) within a bureaucracy as hidebound as any other branch of the civil service. McDonald's grandfather refused to participate in Tammany Hall corruption, and as punishment was constantly reassigned for the next 14 years; his father burned out as commander of the toughest precinct in the South Bronx. And his brother's troubled trajectory reflected the turbulent atmosphere of the post-Knapp Commission department, held in low repute by law-abiding citizens as it grappled with an increasingly brazen criminal population. The author is candid about his ambivalent feelings toward his tight-lipped father and the ethos that sees a world "made up of only two camps--cops and bad guys," but grateful for Dad's gift of an Underwood typewriter, which led him to journalism. McDonald's gift in return is a book that portrays policemen neither as heroes nor villains, but as recognizable human beings. --Wendy Smith
About the Author
Brian McDonald was born in the Bronx and grew up in Rockland County, New York. He is a graduate of Fordham University and the Columbia School of Journalism, and contributes frequently to New York City newspapers, including The New York Times. My Father's Gun is his first book.
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- PublisherDutton Adult
- Publication date1999
- ISBN 10 052594396X
- ISBN 13 9780525943969
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages309
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