"Sarge!: Cases Of a Chicago Police Detective 1960-1980" By John A. Dimaggio

This paperback First Edition book "SARGE!" is a fascinating memoir by the late Chicago Police Detective Sergeant John A. DiMaggio, a recipient of many medals of valor and one of the most decorated officers on the force during a career that spanned the years 1957 to 1991. Upon his retirement in 1991 DiMaggio wrote a fascinating account of his work as a cop. The manuscript languished among his personal effects until after his death in 2008, after which his family decided to resurrect it. "SARGE!" reveals to the reader what it was really like to be a cop. A large selection of PHOTOS is included. DiMaggio takes the reader back to the decades such as the turbulent 1960s, when the police department was making a painful transition from "old school" to modernization. The author describes firsthand the legendary riots that occurred in Chicago after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. He illustrates the integration of minorities into the department and how that played out. He also goe