This is a rich, absorbing novel about good, evil, and the inability of the legal system to mediate between the two. Two white Milwaukee motorcycle cops pursue and kill a young black man on a bitterly cold winter night in 1959 and with the help of their superiors escape detection for twenty years. When at last the truth comes out -- first in a confession and then in a ground-breaking civil rights suit brought against the state by the victim's family many people find their present lives increasingly altered by this event from ...
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This is a rich, absorbing novel about good, evil, and the inability of the legal system to mediate between the two. Two white Milwaukee motorcycle cops pursue and kill a young black man on a bitterly cold winter night in 1959 and with the help of their superiors escape detection for twenty years. When at last the truth comes out -- first in a confession and then in a ground-breaking civil rights suit brought against the state by the victim's family many people find their present lives increasingly altered by this event from the past. This includes Milwaukee Times reporter Bob Joseph, mayoral candidate Andy Hedig, Hedig's wife Sarah, lawyer Charlie Simon, the sister of the murdered youth, and many more. Written in lean, evocative prose, Color of Law is a profoundly ambitious novel that renders precisely an American City and the lives that are lived there.
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Near fine in fine dust jacket. SIGNED by the author on the title page (signature only). 1st edition, 1st printing, complete number line. Dust jacket is fine in protective mylar sleeve. Book would be fine except for mild spinal lean. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. Audience: General/trade. By the Prairie Schooner Award-and Colorado Book Award-winning author of 'A Friend of Kissinger' and 'Playing from Memory'. Where possible, all books come with dust jacket in a clear protective plastic sleeve, sealed in a ziplock bag, wrapped in bubble wrap, shipped in a box.
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As New in As New jacket. Book. Signed by Author(s) This book is Signed by the author with an inscription on the title page. This book is in as new condition and appears to have had little if any use. The dust jacket is in as new condition with bumps and scuffs.
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Fine in Fine jacket. First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Signed by the author. Although not marked in any way, this copy is from the distinguished modern first edition collection of Bruce Kahn.
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Very Good jacket. Signed. First Edition. First ed, full numberline. SIGNED by author on title page. Jacket in mylar, VG. Light shelf wear may be present due to storage. Very Clean Copy-Over 500, 000 Internet Orders Filled.
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Like New jacket. Signed. First Edition. FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY DAVID MILOFSKY. Book is perfectly preserved, as new; dust jacket is protected in brodart. A very nice copy. Pasadena's finest independent new and used bookstore.
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Fine in Fine jacket. Book. Signed by Author(s) Signed on the Full Title Page 0870815814 First edition, First Printing. Signed by the author on the title page. NOT inscribed, NOT REMAINDER marked. NOT ex library. NOT Book Club. Securely wrapped, dust jacket in protective cover and shipped in a box. Fine/Fine.
