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2000

Format:	Book
Author:	Lardner, James.
Title:	NYPD : a city and its police / James Lardner and Thomas Reppetto.
Edition:	1st ed.
Publisher, Date:	New York : Henry Holt and Co., ©2000.
Description:	xiv, 368 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Summary:	"James Lardner and Thomas Reppetto illuminate the police present by exploring the meaning of the police past. Among the memorable characters who once belonged to the nation's biggest and oldest police force are Thomas Byrnes, Big Sam Battle, Johnny Cordes, Jack Maple, and Teddy Roosevelt."--Jacket.
Subjects:	New York (N.Y.). Police Department -- History. Police -- New York (State) -- New York.
Other Author:	Reppetto, Thomas A.
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-348) and index.
Contents:	Cry from the bottom of the Hudson -- "I might as well carry a club" -- Finest -- Great detective -- "Down with the police" -- Glorious retreat -- "So many races up against you" -- "Just a little lieutenant" -- NYPD goes to war -- Shoofly -- Celebrity cops -- Battle in the lead -- On the pad -- Twenty and out -- "Dave, do something!" -- Rediscovery of crime.
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LCCN:	00023778
ISBN:	0805055789 9780805055788 080506737X 9780805067378
Other Number:	43487305
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Control Number:	81624
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Call Number:	363.2 Lardner

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