101 Road Patrol Tales

Author : E. W. Tompkins, Jr.
Publisher : Linden Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1610350626
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book 101 Road Patrol Tales written by E. W. Tompkins, Jr. and published by Linden Publishing. This book was released on 2011-08 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bringing to light an entertaining array of anecdotes, this collection of police stories recalls some of the strangest, funniest, and most poignant accounts from the freeways, highways, and country roads throughout California. From the family who pulled over for a picnic on the median strip of a busy freeway to the angelic-looking 5-year-old girl who defused a tense traffic stop by sweetly confessing, "my daddy has a beer under the seat," this is an uncompromising view of the everyday pursuits, enforcement stops, arrests, accidents, and weird encounters that patrolmen must endure. Also featured is a panoply of unlikely drunk-driving suspects, including Santa Claus, a Boy Scout troop leader, a newlywed couple, and an airline pilot on his way to fly a plane; the traffic stop of an elderly driver whose license had expired 35 years earlier--and who explained he was on his way to the DMV; and many more hilarious, odd, and tragic stories of life and death on the open road. Encouraging a renewed respect for the men and women in uniform who risk their lives to protect the public, this compilation also contains advice on highway safety and how to behave when pulled over by a patrol officer.

Author : E. W. Tompkins
Publisher : Infinity Pub
ISBN 13 : 9780741448217
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book 101 Road Patrol Tales from a Chippie of the California Highway Patrol written by E. W. Tompkins and published by Infinity Pub. This book was released on 2008-08 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A 101 quick interesting stories about traffic law enforcement life from patrolling the streets and highways encountered by an officer while working road patrol duties with the California Highway Patrol.

Author : California Highway Patrol
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Operation 101 written by California Highway Patrol and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Allan Cole
Publisher : Allan Cole
ISBN 13 : 1440448760
Total Pages : 275 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tales of the Blue Meanie written by Allan Cole and published by Allan Cole. This book was released on 2008-11-05 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the depths of the Sixties and The Days Of Rage, a young newsman, accompanied by his pregnant wife and orphaned teenage brother, creates a Paradise of sorts in a sprawling Venice Beach community of apartments, populated by students, artists, budding scientists and engineers lifeguards, poets, bikers with a few junkies thrown in for good measure. The inhabitants come to call the place "Pepperland," after the Beatles movie, "Yellow Submarine." Threatening this paradise is'The Blue Meanie, a crazy giant of a man so frightening that he eventually even scares himself.

Author : Roger Ringer
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1467146846
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book True Tales of Kansas written by Roger Ringer and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2021 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The historic tales of the Sunflower State and its people are as interesting as the days are long. A pair of brothers went from making airplanes to tractors and soon became part of John Deere. Kansan Captain Donald K. Ross won the first Congressional Medal of Honor through his actions at Pearl Harbor. The first telephone exchange in the area was invented by a Mr. Strowger because a rival funeral director had a girlfriend who was an operator for the local telephone company and kept sending his business to her friend. Nannie Jones, who stood up to Jim Crow racism and won her case in court, is memorialized by a headstone at Highland Cemetery. Author Roger Ringer details these stories and more.

Author : Gavriel D. Rosenfeld
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521847063
Total Pages : 544 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The World Hitler Never Made written by Gavriel D. Rosenfeld and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2005-05-23 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating 2005 study of the place of alternate histories of Nazism within Western popular culture.

Author : Peter B. Mathiesen
Publisher : Skyhorse
ISBN 13 : 1632201453
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tales of the Alaska State Troopers written by Peter B. Mathiesen and published by Skyhorse. This book was released on 2015-02-10 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the elements against them, the state troopers of Alaska face every day with a fight for their lives. In the state of Alaska, anything goes. For the state troopers, an average day can include blizzard conditions, midnight sunsets, and subzero temperatures. Tales of the Alaska State Troopers gives insight to just how the brave men and women of the law combat these conditions while still upholding their duties to the fine people of Alaska. Follow trooper Dan Valentine as he finds himself in the midst of a crisis when an abandoned truck holds more than just an old blanket on the passenger seat. Dan’s responsibility for the town of Trapper Creek becomes a fight for survival when he realizes the truck has enough explosives in it to make a small dent in the Alaska Range. With his fellow lawmen, Valentine not only must handle the situation, but he must also make sure that the citizens of Trapper Creek are evacuated from harm’s way. Tales of the Alaska State Troopers is rich in content and action. Anyone familiar with the life of a lawman or the state of Alaska will be fascinated with the way Mathiesen delivers his narrative. It’s all in a day’s work for troopers like Dan Valentine, who never know what a new day can bring.

Author : Mike Cox
Publisher : Taylor Trade Publications
ISBN 13 : 1556225377
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Texas Ranger Tales written by Mike Cox and published by Taylor Trade Publications. This book was released on 1997-04 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of stories about Texas Rangers in which the author attempts to separate the myths surrounding these frontier lawmen from actual events.

Author : Josephine Ann Pendino
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1453507248
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Tale of Four Dogs written by Josephine Ann Pendino and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2010-06-03 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A humorous pseudo-psychological study of four totally different dogs.

Author : Stephen Mikesell
Publisher : University of Nevada Press
ISBN 13 : 0874174678
Total Pages : 283 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Tale of Two Bridges written by Stephen Mikesell and published by University of Nevada Press. This book was released on 2017-04-03 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Tale of Two Bridges is a history of two versions of the San Francisco—Oakland Bay Bridge: the original bridge built in 1936 and a replacement for the eastern half of the bridge finished in 2013. The 1936 bridge revolutionized transportation in the Bay Area and profoundly influenced settlement patterns in the region. It was also a remarkable feat of engineering. In the 1950s the American Society of Civil Engineers adopted a list of the “Seven Engineering Wonders” of the United States. The 1936 structure was the only bridge on the list, besting even the more famous Golden Gate Bridge. One of its greatest achievements was that it was built on time (in less than three years) and came in under budget. Mikesell explores in fascinating detail how the bridge was designed by a collection of the best-known engineers in the country as well as the heroic story of its construction by largely unskilled laborers from California, joined by highly skilled steel workers. By contrast, the East Span replacement, which was planned between 1989 and 1998, and built between 1998 and 2013, fell victim to cost overruns in the billions of dollars, was a decade behind schedule, and suffered from structural problems that has made it a perpetual maintenance nightmare. This is narrative history in its purest form. Mikesell excels at explaining highly technical engineering issues in language that can be understood and appreciated by general readers. Here is the story of two very important bridges, which provides a fair but uncompromising analysis of why one bridge succeeded and the other did not.