| Edition |
First Threshold Editions hardcover edition. |
| Description |
xi, 304 pages ; 24 cm |
| Summary |
"Bernard Kerik was New York City's police commissioner during the 9/11 attacks, who became an American hero as he led the NYPD through rescue and recovery efforts of the World Trade Center. Now, he is a former federal prison inmate known as #84888-054, convicted of tax fraud and false statements in 2007. Now for the first time, he talks candidly about his time on the inside: the torture of solitary confinement, the abuse of power, the mental and physical torment of being locked up in a cage, the powerlessness"--Amazon.com. |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- The other side of the bars. Despair ; Cumberland ; Eyes open ; Time stands still ; Taming Rikers ; The box and the angel ; A supermax for the King ; Terror ; Life lessons -- How it happened. A few good men ; The rise before the fall ; Gifts, nannies, and renovations ; In Jordan ; The Feds close in ; Losing Rudy ; Kerik needs help ; Ties that bind -- Reform. From the inside ; Return ; A new direction. |
| Subject |
Kerik, Bernard B.
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Police chiefs -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography.
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Criminals -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography.
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New York (N.Y.). Police Department -- Officials and employees -- Biography.
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Fraud -- New York (State) -- New York.
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Criminal justice, Administration of -- United States.
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| Added Title |
My journey from correction and police commissioner to inmate #84888-054 |
| ISBN |
9781476783703 hbk. |
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1476783705 hbk. |
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