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299 pages • first pub 1992 (view editions) user-added
ISBN/UID: 9780307800404
Format: Digital
Language: English
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Edition Pub Date: 02 November 2023
Breaking Blue is tailor-made for readers who relish seeing a relentless lone investigator—an aging Vietnam-vet cop turned accidental historian—peel back layers of an almost-forgotten 1935 police empire that robbed, murdered, and buried its crimes, all while many of its octogenarian perpetrators still walk free.
Description
In 1935, the Spokane police regularly extorted sex, food, and money from the reluctant hobos (many of them displaced farmers who had fled the midwestern dust bowls), robbed dairies, and engaged in all manner of nefarious crimes, including murder. ...
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Moods
informative: 88%
dark: 55%
mysterious: 55%
reflective: 44%
sad: 44%
emotional: 22%
tense: 22%
adventurous: 11%
challenging: 11%
inspiring: 11%
lighthearted: 11%
relaxing: 11%
Pace
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299 pages • first pub 1992 (view editions) user-added
ISBN/UID: 9780307800404
Format: Digital
Language: English
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Edition Pub Date: 02 November 2023
Breaking Blue is tailor-made for readers who relish seeing a relentless lone investigator—an aging Vietnam-vet cop turned accidental historian—peel back layers of an almost-forgotten 1935 police empire that robbed, murdered, and buried its crimes, all while many of its octogenarian perpetrators still walk free.
Description
In 1935, the Spokane police regularly extorted sex, food, and money from the reluctant hobos (many of them displaced farmers who had fled the midwestern dust bowls), robbed dairies, and engaged in all manner of nefarious crimes, including murder. ...
Community Reviews
Moods
informative: 88%
dark: 55%
mysterious: 55%
reflective: 44%
sad: 44%
emotional: 22%
tense: 22%
adventurous: 11%
challenging: 11%
inspiring: 11%
lighthearted: 11%
relaxing: 11%
Pace
Content Warnings
This book doesn't have any content warnings yet!
If you're the author of this book and want to add author-approved content warnings, please email us at support@thestorygraph.com to request the content warning form.