Cop Tales! Never Spit in a Man's Face Unless His Mustache is on Fire

Cline, Thomas J.

ISBN 10: 1928869076 / ISBN 13: 9781928869078

Published by VCA Publishing, Honolulu, Hawaii, 2000

About this Item

Signed by the author on the title page as follows: "Tom Cline"; not personalized to anyone. 102 pages, plus a glossary. Interior of book is clean and binding is tight. No underlining, no highlighting, no bookplates, not ex-libris, no remainder marks, no folded or dogeared pages, no foxing, no smudges. The spine itself is not creased but there is a crease close to the spine on both the front and back covers. At the base of the back cover near the spine is a small tear (less than 1/4th of an inch). All in all, a quite nice, author signed, copy; available for immediate shipment, carefully packed.

Seller Inventory # 0009793

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Cop Tales! Never Spit in a Man's Face Unless His Mustache is on Fire
• Publisher: VCA Publishing, Honolulu, Hawaii
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1928869076
• ISBN 13: 9781928869078
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: Volume 1
• Condition: Very Good

About this title

Synopsis

You'll be shocked and amazed. You'll laugh and cry as you discover what it is really like being a big city cop!

Cop Tales! is a collection of short stories told in gritty street vernacular full of humor from a Chicago Police veteran's hindsight. Cop Tales! takes you from the harsh realities of being a cop to the comical side of the human condition.

About the Author

Tom Cline has been with the Chicago Police Department since 1968. He worked a beat car as a patrol officer, investigated hate crimes before they were called that, was "Officer Friendly" to thousands of Chicago's school children as well as their D.A.R.E. and G.R.E.A.T. officer. The last 3 years he has been writing curriculum and training police recruits at Chicago's Police Academy . He wrote their Leadership and Ethics programs. Cline is happily married with seven children, one of each. His alter ego, "Rooster T. Magic Clown" is pictured on the front cover of Cop Tales! Volume 1 (Never Spit in a Man's Face Unless His Mustache is On Fire)