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Norco '80: The True Story of the Most Spectacular Bank Robbery in American History
Counterpoint
ISBN13:
9781640093881
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5 young men. 32 destroyed police vehicles. 1 spectacular bank robbery. This cinematic true crime story transports readers to the scene of one of the most shocking bank heists in U.S. historya crime thats almost too wild to be real (The New York Times Book Review). Norco 80 tells the story of how five heavily armed young menled by an apocalyptic bornagain Christianattempted a bank robbery that turned into one of the most violent criminal events in U.S. history, forever changing the face of American law enforcement. Part action thriller and part courtroom drama, this Edgar Award finalist for Best Fact Crime transports the reader back to the Southern California of the 1970s, an era of predatory evangelical gurus, doomsday predictions, megachurches, and soaring crime rates, with the threat of nuclear obliteration looming over it all. In this riveting true story, a group of landscapers transforms into a murderous gang of bank robbers armed to the teeth with militarygrade weapons. Their desperate getaway turns the surrounding towns into war zones. And when its over, three are dead and close to twenty wounded; a police helicopter has been forced down from the sky, and thirtytwo police vehicles have been completely demolished by thousands of rounds of ammo. The resulting trial shakes the community to the core, raising many issues that continue to plague society today: from the epidemic of posttraumatic stress disorder within law enforcement to religious extremism and the militarization of local police forces.
- | Author: Peter Houlahan
- | Publisher: Counterpoint
- | Publication Date: June 09, 2020
- | Number of Pages: 400 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback
- | ISBN-10: 1640093885
- | ISBN-13: 9781640093881
- Author:
- Peter Houlahan
- Publisher:
- Counterpoint
- Publication Date:
- June 09, 2020
- Number of pages:
- 400 pages
- Language:
- English
- Binding:
- Paperback
- ISBN-10:
- 1640093885
- ISBN-13:
- 9781640093881