End of Watch--Chicago Police Killed in the Line of Duty, 1853-2006

Edward M. Burke And Thomas J. O'Gorman

ISBN 10: 0978866320 / ISBN 13: 9780978866327

Published by Chicago's Neighborhoods, Inc., 2006

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Synopsis: The book examines the remarkable sacrifice of 526 sworn officers of the Chicago Police Department. The book includes a detailed narrative of each officer and the circumstances involved in their deaths that trace the heroic history of Chicago's finest. Information for each episode has been drawn from municipal records, police files, contemporaneous newspapers, court documents and ground breaking research. End of Watch is a very human story focusing on the great loyalty and honor emerging in the ordinary lives of extraordinary Chicagoans.

About the Author: Alderman Edward M. Burke is the Dean of the Chicago City Council, its most well-known historian, and a former policeman. Thomas J. O'Gorman is a Chicago historian and storyteller, at home in the poetry of its urban life. Both have authored several books on Chicago history and architecture.

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Title: End of Watch--Chicago Police Killed in the ...
Publisher: Chicago's Neighborhoods, Inc.
Publication Date: 2006
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: New