After starting life as a hardscrabble youth in Italy, Julian Fantino emigrated to Canada and began the slow, difficult rise from poverty to a controversial tenure as Toronto's chief of police, where he oversaw 5,200 officers and more than 2,000 civilian employees. "Duty, " his frank autobiography, is also a powerful contemporary portrait of the most socially, culturally, and ethnically diverse city in North America. Fantino pulls no punches in describing the challenges he faced -- racial conflicts in an increasingly "mosaic ...
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After starting life as a hardscrabble youth in Italy, Julian Fantino emigrated to Canada and began the slow, difficult rise from poverty to a controversial tenure as Toronto's chief of police, where he oversaw 5,200 officers and more than 2,000 civilian employees. "Duty, " his frank autobiography, is also a powerful contemporary portrait of the most socially, culturally, and ethnically diverse city in North America. Fantino pulls no punches in describing the challenges he faced -- racial conflicts in an increasingly "mosaic" city, rising crime rates and street violence, endless budget battles with city hall, the threat of terrorism, rank-and-file corruption, political vendettas, an often hostile media, and his own contentious dismissal. Fantino's vivid account of a city teetering on the edge of implosion, and his riveting narration of his own precarious balancing act as he tries to maintain his integrity against seemingly unstoppable forces, make "Duty" a striking memoir.
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Add this copy of Duty: the Life of a Cop to cart. $12.99, good condition, Sold by Russell Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Victoria, BC, CANADA, published 2007 by Key Porter Books.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Size: 6x1x9; Signed with a personal inscription by both Julian Fantino and Jerry Amernic, this copy has a solid tight binding with clean unmarked pages.
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Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. Book. 8vo-over 7¾-9¾" tall. Signed by Author(s) Hard covers, in unclipped dust jacket. SIGNED by author (without further inscription) on title-page. Otherwise clean, tight and unmarked. Very neat--a sound and handsome copy. Illustrated.
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Fine in Fine dust jacket. 155263874X. A Good Read ships from Toronto and Niagara Falls, NY-customers outside of North America please allow two to three weeks for delivery. Inscribed by author to previous owner on ffep and dated in 2008.; 9.10 X 6.50 X 1 inches; 304 pages; Signed by Author.
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