Introduction -- Early years: from the farm to the high seas -- Tales of two badges: the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department and the U.S. Marshals Service -- Before Con Air: transporting criminals in my car -- A long bus ride: enforcing integration in the South -- Preventing airline hijackings: the first sky marshals -- Shadow stalkers: the creation of the Special Operations group -- Inventing identities: the Witness Protection Program -- Deputy in paradise: rising through the ranks in the U.S. Virgin Islands -- Interpol: helping to police the world -- Top cop: running the Marshals' fugitive apprehension operation -- Working retirement: leading the Marshals service.