The book examines the remarkable sacrifice of 526 sworn officers of the Chicago Police Department and includes detailed narratives of each officer and the circumstances involved in their deaths. The book traces the heroic history of Chicago's finest with accounts in each episode drawn from municipal records, police files, contemporaneous newspapers, court documents and ground breaking research. The book is a detailed account of how Chicago grew from 1853 until the present as told through the paradigm of its most remarkable heroes. The setting unfolds against the background of Chicago's vast colorful array of neighborhoods and personalities era after era.
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