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Book Synopsis Legacy of the Yosemite Mafia by : Paul Berkowitz
Download or read book Legacy of the Yosemite Mafia written by Paul Berkowitz and published by TrineDay. This book was released on 2017-05-04 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Calling upon his unique experiences as a criminal investigator in the National Park Service (NPS), Berkowitz proves how an over-emphasis on image (the "ranger image") has led to an NPS culture that accepts misconduct. Citing verified news accounts, internal agency documents, and personal notes, this dramatic case study challenges conventional wisdom and official accounts of agency history. Agency culture set in motion nearly a half-century ago, beginning with a group of employees known as the Yosemite Mafia, includes a demonstrated bias against professional law enforcement and a reluctance to hold senior managers accountable. This book fills a gap in existing literature dealing with noble cause corruption and corrects popular assumptions about the NPS, its history, and its law enforcement responsibilities.
Download or read book Yosemite Fall written by Scott Graham and published by Torrey House Press. This book was released on 2018-06-09 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "An exciting, rewarding puzzle." —PUBLISHERS WEEKLY Archaeologist Chuck Bender arrives with his family in Yosemite Valley to study the 150–year–old murders of a pair of gold prospectors in the midst of preparations for the annual Yosemite Slam rock–climbing competition and a reunion with his old climbing buddies. The trip quickly turns threatening when one climber never shows up, climbing equipment fails, and Chuck and his spouse, Janelle Ortega, are suspected in the shocking, present–day death of one of Chuck's former rock–climbing partners. Together, Chuck and Janelle race against time to solve the dual mysteries and prove their innocence—all while facing down a ruthless killer on the loose. SCOTT GRAHAM is the author of eight books, including the National Park Mystery Series from Torrey House Press, and Extreme Kids, winner of the National Outdoor Book Award. Graham is an avid outdoorsman who enjoys mountaineering, skiing, hunting, rock climbing, and whitewater rafting with his wife, who is an emergency physician, and their two sons. He lives in Durango, Colorado.
Book Synopsis Legacy of the Yosemite Mafia by : Paul D. Berkowitz
Download or read book Legacy of the Yosemite Mafia written by Paul D. Berkowitz and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Calling upon his unique experiences as a criminal investigator in the National Park Service (NPS), Berkowitz proves how an over-emphasis on image (the "ranger image") has led to an NPS culture that accepts misconduct. Citing verified news accounts, internal agency documents, and personal notes, this dramatic case study challenges conventional wisdom and official accounts of agency history. Agency culture set in motion nearly a half-century ago, beginning with a group of employees known as the Yosemite Mafia, includes a demonstrated bias against professional law enforcement and a reluctance to hold senior managers accountable. This book fills a gap in existing literature dealing with noble cause corruption and corrects popular assumptions about the NPS, its history, and its law enforcement responsibilities.
Download or read book The Mexican Mafia written by Tony Rafael and published by Encounter Books. This book was released on 2007-07-09 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It has been called the most dangerous gang in American history. In Los Angeles alone it is responsible for over 100 homicides per year. Although it has fewer than 300 members, it controls a 40,000-strong street army that is eager to advance its agenda. It waves the flag of the Black Hand and its business is murder. Although known on the streets for over fifty years, the Mexican Mafia has flown under the radar of public awareness and has flourished beneath a deep cover of secrecy. Members are forbidden even to acknowledge its existence. For the first time in its history, the Mexican Mafia is now getting the attention it has been striving to avoid. In this briskly written and thoroughly researched book, Tony Rafael looks at the birth and the blood-soaked growth of this criminal enterprise through the eyes of the victims, the dropouts, the cops and DAs on the front lines of the war against the Mexican Mafia. The first book ever published on the subject, Southern Soldiers is a pioneering work that unveils the operations of this California prison gang and describes how it grew from a small clique of inmates into a transnational criminal organization. As the first prison gang ever to project its power beyond prison walls, the Mexican Mafia controls virtually every Hispanic neighborhood in Southern California and is rapidly expanding its influence into the entire Southwest, across the East Coast, and even into Canada. Riding a wave of unchecked immigration and seemingly beyond the reach of law enforcement, the Mexican Mafia is poised to become the Cosa Nostra of twenty-first-century America.
Book Synopsis Mafia Boss's Chosen Bride by : Jolie Damman
Download or read book Mafia Boss's Chosen Bride written by Jolie Damman and published by Jolie Damman. This book was released on with total page 1299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I’m his bride. He wants to control every aspect of my life and doesn’t tolerate defiance. A marriage ring, a beautiful white dress, and a kiss that I don’t like that seals our lives together – it’s all I still remember. Just being near such a tall, seemingly perfect man is enough to make shivers run down my spine. Yes, I’m scared of him. Yes, he thinks I’m his possession, but I also… feel something else for him. Something stronger than all those things combined. A love that I don’t want to admit is within me. He keeps me protected, buys me everything I want, always looks into my eyes with respect because he knows I’m different. Our wedding was arranged, but as the days go by, I start to find out he might just be the man I’ve always dreamed about. And if someone ever threatens me, he wouldn’t hesitate to destroy them. Mafia Boss’s Chosen Bride is a huge collection of 15 BWWM romances plus an extra dark mafia novel. If you’re looking for books that deeply explore arranged marriages, secret babies, and captive lovers, take a peek! This bundle contains the following series: Alpha Predators, Greedy Alphas, Ruthless Mafiosos, and the extra story ‘Used by the Mafia Boss’.
Book Synopsis The Case of the Indian Trader by : Paul D. Berkowitz
Download or read book The Case of the Indian Trader written by Paul D. Berkowitz and published by UNM Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of Billy Gene Malone and the end of an era. Malone lived almost his entire life on the Navajo Reservation working as an Indian trader; the last real indian trader to operate historis Hubbell Trading Post. In 2004 the National Park Service (NPS) launched an investigation targeting Malone, alleging a long list of crimes that literally equated him with the likes of Al Capone. A thought-provoking story of the dark side of a respected branch of the American government, The Case of the Indian Trader will open the eyes of a wide audience.
Book Synopsis A Woman in the Great Outdoors by : Melody Webb
Download or read book A Woman in the Great Outdoors written by Melody Webb and published by UNM Press. This book was released on 2007-10-16 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Melody Webb's reflections on her twenty-five-year-long career in the National Park Service is an insider's account of a public bureaucracy. As a woman, she was working in a male-dominated agency; as an idealist, she attempted to champion the wise use of the national parks in a pragmatic political agency. Webb's career began in Alaska during President Gerald Ford's administration. She helped set up the mechanism that permitted Alaskan Natives to claim up to 2 million acres of federal land to preserve culturally significant areas. Following a dozen years of historic preservation work in Alaska and New Mexico, Webb spent the second half of her tenure in management positions. She served as superintendent at the Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park and then as assistant superintendent, in charge of all park operations at Grand Teton National Park. During this period the Park Service was faced with conflicting mandates: there was a growing demand for recreational land use and, at the same time, environmental requirements and tight budgets limited the NPS's options. Webb's frankness about the day-to-day politics within an institution that many Americans feel should be above politics make this book an eye opener for historians and anyone who has an interest in the National Park System.
Download or read book Oceans of Crime written by Carolin Liss and published by Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. This book was released on 2011 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Murdoch University.
Book Synopsis Guardians of Yellowstone by : Dan R. Sholly
Download or read book Guardians of Yellowstone written by Dan R. Sholly and published by William Morrow. This book was released on 1991 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Yellowstone's chief ranger gives an intimate account of what it is like to be in charge of so great a wilderness.
Book Synopsis Hollywood and the Mob by : Tim Adler
Download or read book Hollywood and the Mob written by Tim Adler and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2011-11-03 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From its earliest days, the Mafia has sought to make a fast buck from the American film industry. Stories of intimidation, threats and violence mingle with those of glamour and excess. In this stunning story of infamy and ballsy enterprise, Tim Adler tells the secret history of Al Capone, Sam Giancana and John Gotti's attempts to infiltrate the studio lots. However, although they have controlled the moguls and the money, the Mob learned how to be cool from classic films like The Godfather and characters like Tony Soprano, leaving them forever intertwined in both fact and fiction.
Author :United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Reform and Oversight Publisher : ISBN 13 : Total Pages :1176 pages Book Rating :4.:/5 (327 download)
Book Synopsis The Department of the Interior's Denial of the Wisconsin Chippewa's Casino Applications by : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Reform and Oversight
Download or read book The Department of the Interior's Denial of the Wisconsin Chippewa's Casino Applications written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Reform and Oversight and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 1176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Trailed written by Kathryn Miles and published by Algonquin Books. This book was released on 2022-05-03 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A riveting, "beautifully written" deep dive into the unsolved murder of two free-spirited young women in the wilderness (John Grisham, #1 New York Times bestselling author), a journalist's obsession—and a new theory of who might have done it. Winner of the 2023 CrimeCon True Crime Book of the Year Award They must have been followed. That’s the thought I return to after all these years . . . In May 1996, two skilled backcountry leaders, Lollie Winans and Julie Williams, entered Virginia’s Shenandoah National Park for a week-long backcountry camping trip. The free-spirited and remarkable young couple had met and fallen in love the previous summer while working at a world-renowned outdoor program for women. During their final days in the park, they descended the narrow remnants of a trail and pitched their tent in a hidden spot. After the pair didn’t return home as planned, park rangers found a scene of horror at their campsite, their tent slashed open, their beloved dog missing, and both women dead in their sleeping bags. The unsolved murders of Winans and Williams continue to haunt all who had encountered them or knew their story. When award-winning journalist and outdoors expert Kathryn Miles begins looking into the case, she discovers conflicting evidence, mismatched timelines, and details that just don’t add up. With unprecedented access to crucial crime-scene forensics and key witnesses—and with a growing sense of both mission and obsession—she begins to uncover the truth. An innocent man, Miles is convinced, has been under suspicion for decades, while the true culprit is a known serial killer, if only authorities would take a closer look. Intimate, page-turning, and brilliantly reported, Trailed is a love story and a call to justice—and a searching and urgent plea to make wilderness a safe space for women—destined to become a true crime classic.
Book Synopsis Death, Daring, and Disaster by : Charles R. Farabee
Download or read book Death, Daring, and Disaster written by Charles R. Farabee and published by Roberts Rinehart Publishers. This book was released on 1998 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 375 exciting teales of heroism and tragedy drawn from the nearly 150,000 search and rescue missions carried out by the National Park Service since 1872.
Book Synopsis Conservation and Environmentalism by : Robert C. Paehlke
Download or read book Conservation and Environmentalism written by Robert C. Paehlke and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-04-03 with total page 1487 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing on both problems and solutions, this authoritative reference work maintains a healthy balance between science and the social sciences in its coverage of all aspects of the environment. The book is arranged alphabetically and is divided into three major sections: Ecology, Pollution, and Sustainability. The list of 240 contributors reads like a who's who of the world's leading conservation and environmental professionals. Best Reference Source Outstanding Reference Source
Book Synopsis The Grandma Mafia by : Robert J. Perry
Download or read book The Grandma Mafia written by Robert J. Perry and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2023-11-09 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Suitcases of money . . . boxes of cocaine . . . undercover agents . . . wiretaps . . . government leaks . . . crooked agents . . . and grandmas? For most of their lives the four middle-aged women had never violated the law. But cocaine and its false promise of excitement and riches drew them in, one by one, into a multi-million-dollar money laundering and cocaine trafficking scheme. Cocaine also ensnared a nationally known jeans designer and sent him plummeting on a path toward personal destruction. Perhaps most disturbing of all, cocaine's profits lured agents from two different federal agencies--men sworn to investigate and bring cocaine traffickers to justice--to violate their oaths and engage in significant criminal acts. This is the true but incredible story of the Grandma Mafia.
Book Synopsis Conservation and Environmentalism by : Robert Paehlke
Download or read book Conservation and Environmentalism written by Robert Paehlke and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 1995 with total page 810 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Focusing on problems and solutions, this authoritative reference work covers all aspects of the environment, from the Everglades to the Himalayas, from legislation in Australia to pollution problems in Eastern Europe, from tropical rain forests to the Porcupine Caribou herd of the Alaskan and Canadian Arctic." "Some of the best-known environmental professionals from 14 countries around the world have written original articles for this multidisciplinary Encyclopedia, including Norman Myers, Eugene C. Hargrove, Reed F. Noss, Max Oelschlaeger, J. Baird Callicott, George Sessions, M. S. Swaminathan, Gilbert F. White, Michael E. Kraft, Michael P. Cohen, Paul Ekins, and many others."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Author :Charles R. "Butch" Farabee, Jr. Publisher :Taylor Trade Publications ISBN 13 :1461661854 Total Pages :577 pages Book Rating :4.4/5 (616 download)
Book Synopsis Death, Daring, and Disaster by : Charles R. "Butch" Farabee, Jr.
Download or read book Death, Daring, and Disaster written by Charles R. "Butch" Farabee, Jr. and published by Taylor Trade Publications. This book was released on 2005-04-07 with total page 577 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 375 exciting tales of heroism and tragedy drawn from the nearly 150,000 search and rescue missions carried out by the National Park Service since 1872.
