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90 Church: Inside America's Notorious First Narcotics Squad
Contributor(s): Unkefer, Dean (Author)

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ISBN: 1250067332     ISBN-13: 9781250067333
Publisher: Picador USA
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Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: June 2015
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BISAC Categories:
- Political Science | Law Enforcement
- History | United States - 20th Century
- Biography & Autobiography | Law Enforcement
Dewey: 363.450
LCCN: 2015012697
Physical Information: 1.3" H x 5.8" W x 8.5" L (1.00 lbs) 432 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 20th Century
Features: Dust Cover, Price on Product
Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 03/16/2015
Kirkus Reviews 03/15/2015
Booklist 04/15/2015 pg. 4
Library Journal 05/01/2015 pg. 87
Entertainment Weekly 07/03/2015 pg. 64
 
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Publisher Description:

MAD MEN MEETS THE WIRE IN THIS GRIPPING TRUE-CRIME MEMOIR BY A FORMER AGENT AT THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF NARCOTICS IN 1960s NEW YORK

Before Nixon famously declared a "war on drugs," there was the Federal Bureau of Narcotics.
New York City in the mid-1960s: The war in Vietnam was on the nation's tongue-but so is something else. Clandestine and chaotic, but equally ruthless, the agents of the Bureau were feared by the Mafia, dealers, pimps, prostitutes-anyone who did his or her business on the streets. With few rules and almost no oversight, the battle-hardened agents of the bureau were often more vicious than the criminals they chased.
Agent Dean Unkefer was a naive kid with notions of justice and fair play when he joined up. But all that quickly changes once he gets thrown into the lion's den of 90 Church, the headquarters of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics, where he is shocked to see the agents he revered are often more like thugs than lawmen.
When he finally gets the chance to prove his mettle by going undercover in the field, the lines become increasingly blurred. As he spirals into the hell of addiction and watches his life become a complex balancing act of lies and half-truths, he begins to wonder what side he is really on.
90 Church is both the memoir of one man's confrontation with the dark corners of the human experience and a fascinating window into a little-known time in American history. Learn the story of the agents who make the DEA look like choirboys.


Contributor Bio(s): Unkefer, Dean: - DEAN UNKEFER is a former agent with the Federal Bureau of Narcotics. He lives in Nashville, Tennessee.
 
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