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According to the book description of
Vagabond Policeman, “The
author joins LAPD in the fading "Noir"
era and is assigned to Hollywood. Ride
with him as he encounters thugs,
colorful pimps, and other characters
in patrol & vice. MAX is "The crow
collecting shiny things---the bits and
pieces that color life." He writes
with wit and humor of incidents and
characters. MAX heads north to Alaska
to police the Aleutian Chain, the
Pribilofs, and Kodiak Island. He gives
a "Sourdough's" insight into some
peculiar happenings in the "Land of
the Midnight Sun" as he patrols in
kayak & snowshoes. He is called out of
retirement to become City Marshal of
Tombstone, Arizona, to find corruption
and a department run amok. Two of his
four deputies are shot to death. MAX
travels the world as an Army Advisor.
He tests experimental parachutes, is
arrested in Egypt, pursued in The
Sudan, hunts in the Congo, and sees
action on the Thai/Cambodian border.
He meets kings & presidents, generals
& cannibals---and marries the
Colonel's daughter in the Republic of
China.”
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