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The Exciting Stories Of California Game Wardens
This 301 page hardcover contains 26 true and exciting stories about contemporary California game wardens.
"Lieutenant Terry Hodges is to wildlife protectors what Joseph Wambaugh is to big-city cops. His book, TOUGH CUSTOMERS is evocative story telling . . . ." - Paul Dean, Los Angeles Times.
"Of the hundreds of books I receive each year for review, this is one of the few that really captivated me. I just couldn't stop reading it." - Tom Steinstra, San Francisco Examiner.
Sample Chapter From "TOUGH CUSTOMERS":
"Don't do it," shouted Hoffman, but even then Bobby Rate was turning, raising the rifle, his finger finding the trigger.
"DON'T DO IT!"
Warden Bill Hoffman then became a machine, ten years of training taking command of his senses. He appeared to slap at his holster, and the big pistol seemed to leap into his hand. Arm and weapon rose swiftly and he fired. The shot stunned the ear, a dynamite blast in the night, and the bullet left the barrel heading straight for Bobby Rate's heart.
Bobby Rate recoiled as though struck by a punch, and in a convulsive reaction he hurled the rifle, sending it spinning through the air to clatter onto the roadway a few feet from the astonished Mervin Hee.
Then there was silence—silence but for the echo of the gunshot, which rumbled off to die in the distance.
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Registered: March 2001
Location: SoCal --- Still American Territory @ this time