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	Joseph Wambaugh - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Wambaugh's unique perspective on the realities of police work comes from experience: he is a former Los Angeles policeman and detective.
		Wambaugh's most famous non-fiction book is the Blooding, which tells the story behind how DNA fingerprinting helped solve two murders in the English Midlands, resulting in the arrest and conviction of Colin Pitchfork.
		In 2004, Wambaugh was the recipient of the Mystery Writers of America Grand Master award.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Joseph_Wambaugh (222 words)

	NewStandard: 6/26/96
		Wambaugh is what he always has been: irascible, opinionated and perceptive, his ear tuned to the cadence and language of the beat, his eye focused on the essential elements of a tale.
		Wambaugh, a married ex-Marine with no clear career in mind, joined the LAPD in 1960 because it paid better than teaching school and because it was the LAPD.
		Wambaugh published two more books while wearing LAPD blue, but it became harder to be a cop and a writer at the same time.
	www.s-t.com /daily/06-96/06-26-96/c04ae132.htm (1118 words)

	CNN.com - Books - Joseph Wambaugh sounds off - October 13, 2000
		Wambaugh's gritty, hyper-realistic style has influenced countless authors since his 1970s heyday, and almost all of his books remain in print.
		Wambaugh's books are filled with cops such as those in "The Choirboys": hard cases, alcoholics, officers grappling with the worst society has to offer.
		As a writer, Wambaugh counts Joseph Heller and Truman Capote among his influences, but is not altogether pleased by current developments in the genre of crime writing.
	archives.cnn.com /2000/books/news/10/13/wambaugh.qanda (1358 words)

	Fire Lover: A True Story By Joseph Wambaugh (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Wambaugh's THE ONION FIELD is considered a classic in true crime.
		Wambaugh does a fine character portrayal of John Orr as a womanizing, dissatisfied loner, and shows the jealousy that exists between the police departments and firemen.
		Wambaugh shows us the investigation details, and the courtroom drama that goes into prosecuting a case like this.
	www.myshelf.com /miscellaneous/02/firelover.htm (267 words)

	Bookreporter.com - THE FIRE LOVER: A True Story by Joseph Wambaugh
		They were literally blown outside by a flashover, the instant burn of gasses and smoke, when the carbon that is smoke burns hotter than one thousand degrees and the entire contents of a room erupt in flame and no living thing survives.
		Wambaugh's detailed account of America's most prolific arsonist of the 20th century is a mesmerizing and chilling dose of reality.
		As an investigative reporter, Wambaugh is unsurpassed, and like his other nonfiction works, he gives readers an in-depth education in the history of the case and the personalities involved.
	www.bookreporter.com /reviews/006009527X.asp (824 words)

	Barnes & Noble.com - Fire Lover: A True Story - Joseph Wambaugh - Hardcover - 1ST
		Joseph Wambaugh, author of many bestselling police procedurals, is back with a nonfiction look at the curious case of John Orr, a California arson investigator who became a serial arsonist himself.
		Wambaugh recreates these events for a suspenseful, adrenaline-rush account of what one profiler dubbed "probably the most prolific American arsonist" of the 20th century.
		Wambaugh is an excellent writer, altho, this particular story about J.L.Orr was a bit drawn out, and too factual; even though it is impt.
	search.barnesandnoble.com /booksearch/isbninquiry.asp?isbn=006009527x (1321 words)

	Wambaugh, Joseph -- Britannica Student Encyclopedia
		The best-selling works of U.S. writer Joseph Wambaugh often focus on police activities and their psychological consequences.
		U.S. writer Joseph Hergesheimer, the author of many novels, short stories, biographies, histories, and criticism, is best known for his stories about the sophisticated, corrupt lives of the very wealthy.
		U.S. football player and coach Joseph Paul Schmidt was born in Pittsburgh, Pa. After attending the University of Pittsburgh, where he played with the Panthers, Schmidt joined the Detroit Lions as a linebacker in 1953.
	www.britannica.com /ebi/article-9339835?tocId=9339835 (724 words)

	Bookreporter.com - Author Profile: Joseph Wambaugh
		The son of a Pittsburgh police officer, Joseph A. Wambaugh Jr.
		Wambaugh's first nonfiction book, THE ONION FIELD, about two young cops' fateful encounter with two young robbers, was a huge success.
		A former detective for the LAPD himself, Joseph Wambaugh has been writing stories about the lives of cops and the criminals they encounter for over 30 years.
	www.bookreporter.com /authors/au-wambaugh-joseph.asp (3167 words)

	CNN.com - Transcripts
		Joseph Wambaugh, former Los Angeles police detective, well-known crime author, has written about a serial arsonist in his latest book, "Fire Lover," and joins me now from San Diego.
		JOSEPH WAMBAUGH, AUTHOR, "FIRE LOVER": Well, originally it appeared that this guy's a disorganized serial arsonist, that is, an impulsive fire-setter who sets random fires, who's probably a nocturnal creature and a loner, and who doesn't plan for the severity of his crimes.
		WAMBAUGH: Well, the serial arsonist is the most difficult to apprehend, of course, because the evidence is burned up.
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	Fugitive Nights - Joseph Wambaugh
		Joseph Wambaugh returns to glamorous Palm Springs and its ever-mysterious desert to give us a suspense novel that uses that glamour and that awesome desert in equal measure.
		The fugitive is indeed a strange man. All that is known of him is that he speaks with an accent, is bald, is carrying a flight bag, and is adept at covering his tracks.
		All of Joseph Wambaugh's special talents as a master storyteller are on display in Fugitive Nights: the wild humour of his barroom scenes with their memorable inhabitants, the awesome beauty and menace of his desert setting, the glamour and glitter of Palm Springs, the depth and variety of his characterizations, the brilliance of his plotting.
	www.rileybooks.co.uk /si/001296.html (424 words)

	The Mystery Bookstore - Joseph Wambaugh - Lewis Publishing Company (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Wambaugh, best known for his books dealing with American crime and detection, here tells the engrossing story of two British sex murders and the police hunt for the killer.
		The title stems from a procedure of genetic fingerprinting detected by examining blood samples, and used by the police to catch the murderer.
		His novels are gritty and filled with fl humor, yet cut to the heart of the reality of police work told as only someone who has been there can tell the story.
	www.lewispublishing.com /mauth20.htm (292 words)

	Joseph Wambaugh
		Joseph Wambaugh (1937 --) is a former policeman who transformed the sub-genre of the police novel into serious literature of a hard-boiled nature.
		The son of a policeman, Wambaugh was born in East Pittsburgh, joined the Marines at seventeen, and married at eighteen.
		On his leave Wambaugh researched and wrote the true story of young officers Ian Campbell and Karl Hettinger, who in 1963 pulled over a car and were taken hostage by a pair of small-time criminals who had just robbed a liquor store.
	www.cwru.edu /artsci/engl/marling/hardboiled/Wambaugh.html (1022 words)

	Joseph Wambaugh books on Thbooks.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Wambaugh fans expect a fast-paced plot, gritty and colorful characters, sex, rough language, and bloody fights.
		Silently watching the raging inferno in the midst of the heat, smoke, and chaos was a man respected as one of California's foremost arson investigators, a captain in the Glendale Fire Department...
		From Joseph Wambaugh, the critically acclaimed,nationally bestselling author of The Onion Field, comes the astonishing true story of a nightmarish obsession -- and the hunt for a brilliant psychopath who lived a double life filled with professional tributes and terrifying secrets.
	www.thbooks.com /pg/josephwambaugh.html (1032 words)

	Joseph Wambaugh - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Joseph Wambaugh - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		(born January 22, 1937in East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an American writer known for his fictional and non-fictional accounts of police work in the U.S. Wambaugh's unique perspective on the realities of police work comes from experience: he is a former Los Angeles policeman and detective.
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	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Joseph_Wambaugh (246 words)

	Powell's Books - Fire Lover by Joseph Wambaugh
		From master crime writer Joseph Wambaugh, the acclaimed author of such classics as The Onion Field and The Choirboys comes the extraordinary true story of a firefighter who may have been, according to U.S. government profilers, "the most prolific American arsonist of the twentieth century."
		From the acclaimed bestselling author of "The Onion Field" comes the extraordinary true story of a California arson investigator and fire captain who was also, according to government profilers, the most prolific American arsonist of the 20th century.
		Joseph Wambaugh, a former LAPD detective sergeant, is the New York Times bestselling author of The Onion Field, The Blooding, The Choirboys and many other fiction and nonfiction works.
	www.powells.com /cgi-bin/biblio?inkey=1-0060095288-2 (524 words)

	Amazon.ca: Books: Fire Lover [Large Print] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The greatest criticism of Wambaugh is his sometimes quirky use of syntax, which leaves the reader with the question of what is the meaning of his sentence or paragraph.
		Joseph Wambaugh said a couple books ago that he would never write nonfiction again since he always got sued.
		Wambaugh's writing style is interesting, in that he uses a lot of slang and emphasis to show what he means, and has a very conversational style.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/0786245956 (1236 words)

	Amazon.com: Books: The Onion Field (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Wambaugh, takes us meticulously through the crime, second by second, and then tells the surviving cop's powerful and moving story: the destruction of a forgotten victim.
		Master Storyteller Joseph Wambaugh shifts from fiction to non-fiction for this riveting account of the execution of a Los Angeles police officer and its aftermath.
		The fact that the detail appears also in the film (which Wambaugh scripted) demonstrates the immaturity of the man. One of the criminals has sex with his partner's girlfriend just before the other's arrival, and our culprit sniffs the air to gauge his probability of detection.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0440173507?v=glance (1499 words)

	The Golden Orange (Joseph Wambaugh)
		In his long-awaited new novel, best-selling author Joseph Wambaugh combines harrowing suspense, scathing humor, and a moving portrait of a man on the brink of self-destruction.
		Joseph Wambaugh's 1990 novel focuses on a boozy ex-cop's love affair with a beautiful society girl on the coast of Newport Beach in Orange County, California.
		With his masterly sense of characterization, Wambaugh starts off putting the reader in the shoes of Winnie Farlowe, a hard-drinking 40-year-old forced off the local police because of injury.
	johnkeyes.com /a/0553290266-the-golden-orange.html (1368 words)

	Joseph Wambaugh -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Joseph Wambaugh -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
		Soon turning to writing full-time, Wambaugh was prolific and popular through the (The decade from 1970 to 1979) 1970s, mixing novels (The Blue Knight, (Click link for more info and facts about The Choirboys) The Choirboys, The Black Marble) with non-fiction accounts of crime and detection (The Onion Field).
		In 2004, Wambaugh was the recipient of the (Click link for more info and facts about Mystery Writers of America) Mystery Writers of America Grand Master award.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/j/jo/joseph_wambaugh.htm (141 words)

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	ABC News: 'Onion Field' Parolee Returns to Prison (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The officers were driven 75 miles to an onion field south of Bakersfield where Powell shot Officer Ian Campbell to death and fired at Officer Karl Hettinger as he fled.
		The case was the subject of 1973 best-selling novel, "The Onion Field" by Joseph Wambaugh, which was turned into a movie in 1979.
		Smith and Powell were sent to death row but their sentences were commuted to life in prison in 1972 when the California Supreme Court overturned the state death penalty.
	abcnews.go.com /US/wireStory?id=887840 (258 words)

	Baby Names - Origin, Meaning of Joseph
		Actors Josef Sommer, Joseph Fiennes; writers Joseph Conrad, Joseph Wambaugh; revolutionary Guevara; painter Joseph M. Turner.
		Popularity: The name Joseph ranked 9 out of 1219 (Top 1%) as a first name for males of all ages in the 1990 U.S. Census.
		The name Joseph ranked 384 out of 88799 (Top 1%) as a surname for males and females of all ages in the 1990 U.S. Census.
	www.thinkbabynames.com /name/1/Joseph (165 words)

	Joseph Wambaugh Interview with Don Swaim (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Joseph Wambaugh, once a police officer, recalls his trials as a policeman and trying to write books.
		He talks about crime being out of control in America and how genetic fingerprinting, discovered in England, is supposed to change the way criminals are tracked.
		Also, Joseph Wambaugh talks about his tribulations of writing with a voice that would be true for both America and England.
	wiredforbooks.org /josephwambaugh (128 words)

	Joseph Wambaugh books on Absreadbooks.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Wambaugh Joseph The Blooding : The True Story of The Narborough Village Murders
		Wambaugh Joseph, Illustrated by John Solie The Blooding
		A good tight paperback, " Fifteen year old Lynda Mann's savagely raped and strangled body is found along a shady footpath near the English village on Narborough." C heck our inventory for other books by Joseph Wambaugh.
	www.absreadbooks.com /pg/josephwambaugh.html (783 words)

	Floaters by Joseph Wambaugh
		Who else but Joseph Wambaugh could write "a joy, a hoot, a riot of a book" that is also acclaimed as "one of this season's best crime novels"?
		Indeed, Blaze will soon lead Detective Anne Zorn and Mick Fortney along a bizarre criminal trail that would be hilarious if it didn't wind up just as nasty as it gets, with a pair of murders right on the eve of the biggest sailing race of all.
		Filled with all of Joseph Wambaugh's trademark skills--laugh-out-loud writing, crackling dialogue, outrageous excitement, and, of course, plenty of raunchy
	www.randomhouse.com /catalog/display.pperl?isbn=0553575953 (352 words)

	eBay - joseph wambaugh, Fiction Books, Nonfiction Books items on eBay.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Echoes in the Darkness by Joseph Wambaugh (1987),1st
		Joseph Wambaugh SIGNED Finnegan's Week 1st Ed RARE
		The New Centurions by Joseph Wambaugh HB/DJ 1st ed.
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	Buy.com - The Choirboys : Joseph Wambaugh : ISBN 0440111889
		James Wambaugh was working as a detective for the Los Angeles Police Department when his first mystery, "The New Centurions", brought him national success.
		While he would continue to keep in touch with police departments to assure authenticity in his novels, Wambaugh retired from the LAPD in 1974.
		Married to his high school sweetheart, Dee, Wambaugh earned his first English degree at night school and served briefly in the Marines before becoming a policeman.
	www.buy.com /prod/The_Choirboys/q/loc/106/30066598.html (337 words)

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