Lost Son, The
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.16 (668 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0060508825 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 389 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-08-08 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Kennedy Unconventional Warfare Center in Fort Bragg, North Carolina.His memoir, The Lost Son received the Books for a Better Life Award in 2002. Prior to his appointment, he served as commissioner of the Department of Correction. Army as an MP, assigned to Korea and to the 18th Airborne Corps, where he trained Special Forces personnel at the John F. Kerik spent three years in the U.S. Bush, he lives in New York City. About the Author Bernard B. Giuliani on August 21, 2000. Before joining the NYPD, Kerik served as warden of the Passaic County jail, the largest county adult correctional facility in New Jersey. Kerik was appointed the 40th police commissioner of the City of New York by Mayor Rudolph W. He served with the New York Police Department in both uniformed and plainclothes duty for e
He served with the New York Police Department in both uniformed and plainclothes duty for eight years, and was awarded the prestigious Medal of Valor, among many other awards for meritorious and heroic service. Recently appointed chief of Homeland Security by President George W. Army as an MP, assigned to Korea and to the 18th Airborne Corps, where he trained Special Forces personnel
A fearless narcotics detective, he went undercover to buy drugs in Harlem, seized millions of dollars of cocaine from the druglords of the Cali cartel, and was awarded the Police Department‘s Medal of Valor. From the sagging row houses of New Jersey to the cocaine fields of Colombia, from the razor wire of Rikers Island to the streets of New York City, Bernard Kerik has dedicated his life to a single goal: to fight the injustice he sees around him. An astonishing story of bravery and honour: one man‘s quest – against incredible odds – to make a stand against crimed to uncover the painful truths of his own background. And yet Bernard Kerik‘s
Lost Son - Excellent! I have not been able to put this book down since I started reading it. Bernie is very open about everything. Very well written!Excellent reading!! I highly reccommend it.. HOW THE MIGHTY HAVE FALLEN This is an engaging, well-written memoir of a man who came from a disadvantaged background, a high school drop out who, with a little help from his friends, pulled himself up by his boot straps, eventually becoming New York City's fortieth Police Commissioner in 2000.Born to an alcoholic mother who worked as a prostitute and was eventually murdered, Kerik grew up in the mean streets of Newark and Patterson, New Jersey, and eventually dropped out of high school. A devotee of martial arts, he become a third degree black belt and joined the military, a career choice that was to give focus to his life. From then on, it was a natural . Excellent The book starts off slow, as it begins with a description by the author of his early life. But nonetheless, it is still very detailed and interesting. It begins to pick up as he talks about his life in the army and afterwards. His war stories are compelling and usually very funny. With everything he has done in his career, you realize that he was just meant to be a cop all along. It's a shame that he has pled guilty to the charges against him, given all of the good that he has done. However, politicians, businessmen, actors and singers have done far worse than what he did and gotten away with it. I wish him well and thank him for