Bad, Like Jesse James
Based on a true story, this novel takes a harrowing look at a corrupt ATF agent,...
A novel based on a true crime story, BAD, LIKE JESSE JAMES tells the tale of an incredibly corrupt A.T.F. agent working out of Detroit in the mid-1970s who trafficked heroin, committed armed robbery, sold illegal guns and explosives to criminals, was involved in graft, fraud, hired hits, tried to rob an armored Brinks truck and even threatened to blow up Detroit Airport unless he was paid one million dollars. All the while he was considered an exemplary agent, and was even awarded "Agent of the Month." BAD, LIKE JESSE JAMES is the story of a man who believed that he was above the law, until the law took him down.
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- Pages: 360 pages
- ISBN: 9781469950105 / 0
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This is a great piece of true grit writing. It should be a Scorsese film. This book needs to be made into a film. It is a true life tale of greed and deception that details the thin lines that separate the good guys from the bad guys. It has plenty of drama, action and humor with out having to take license with any of the facts. Based on a true story, this novel takes a harrowing look at a corrupt ATF agent, set against the depression and gritty decline of 1970s Detroit; at a time when even the President of the United States (Richard Nixon) was caught with his hand in the cookie jar. The corrupt agent acted like a one-man Mafia, controlling much of Detroit's...
