The Newhall Incident

by Marsh Cassady, John Anderson, Chief John Anderson

Overview

Midnight, April 5, 1970. Minutes after a red Pontiac with two men in it was stopped, four young California Highway Patrolmen lay dead of gunshot wounds. The incident still stands as the worst of its kind and has changed the way police forces operate the world over.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781884956010
Publisher:	Linden Publishing
Publication date:	03/01/1999
Pages:	192
Sales rank:	684,628
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.60(d)

Table of Contents

Part One
THE PREPARATION

Part Two
CONVERGENCE

Part Three
AFTERMATH

What People are Saying About This

Kathy Barberich

Kathy Barberich, The Fresno Bee

...graphic...contrasts the lives of the ex-cons and the four CHP officers...very readable.

Ted Schwartz

Ted Schwarz, author of The Hillside Strangler

Not since Truman Capote s In Cold Blood has there been a true crime story that so intimately captures the lives of killers, victims, and police.

Editorial Reviews

...compelling reading...does a wonderful job of recreating the events leading to a tragedy.

California Highway Patrolmen Magazine

...intimate...chilling look at the lives of the killers, their victims and the police.

American Police Beat Magazine