Book summaryIn this autobiography, Kerik recounts his fascinating private and public life. He tells of his experiences as an undercover cop working out of the famous Midtown South Precinct and in the Bronx--where he wore a long braid and had multiple piercings in his ears. He covers his years as corrections commissioner, the success of which led to the ultimate job offer from Mayor Giuliani--to be New York's 40th police commissioner. Kerik relates how he continued the successful campaign against crime, and discusses his role in helping the city respond to the terror attacks of September 11, 2001. On the personal side, Kerik candidly reveals his troubled youth and his search for his mother, who abandoned him as a child, and who, he discovered, was the victim of homicide. Media reviews"In THE LOST SON, Kerik grapples not just with the mystery of [his mother's] murder but with the throbbing scar left by her abandonment. It is, without a question, a great story, a wrenching story, and...a uniquely American story. And if THE LOST SON has been put together far to quickly to qualify as a truly great book, it is still for the most part very compelling reading." |
The Lost Son : A Life in Pursuit of Justiceby Kerik, Bernard B2nd Edition
Book desription: New York, NY, U.S.A.: HarperTrade, 2001. 2nd Edition. Hard Cover. New/New. Photographs. An astonishing story of bravery and honor; one man's quest, against incredible odds, to fight for justice and to uncover the painful truths of his own life, his childhood. As New York City's 40th police commissioner, the September 11 attacks marked the latest and most visible in a series of extraordinary challenges Bernard Kerik has faced throughout his singular law-enforcement career. From cocaine fields in Colombia to the razor wire of Rikers Island and the streets of New York City, Kerik has dedicated his life to fight the injustice he sees around him. But his most personal battle was waged within himself - and of his mother who abandoned her young son forty-one years ago. This is a harrowing, inspirational, and uniquely American story. Price not clipped. 361 pages with dozens of color and black & white photographs. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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