The Lost Son: A Life in Pursuit of Justice - Hardcover

Kerik, Bernard B.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0060009012 ISBN 13: 9780060009014

Publisher: William Morrow, 2001

Synopsis

An intimate portrait of the courageous and honorable fortieth Police Commissioner of New York City details his mission to fight the injustice around him and to solve the mystery of his own mother, who abandoned him forty-one years ago.

About this title

About the Author:

Bernard B. Kerik was appointed the 40th police commissioner of the City of New York by Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani on August 21, 2000. Prior to his appointment, he served as commissioner of the Department of Correction. 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. Before joining the NYPD, Kerik served as warden of the Passaic County jail, the largest county adult correctional facility in New Jersey. Kerik spent three years in the U.S. Army as an MP, assigned to Korea and to the 18th Airborne Corps, where he trained Special Forces personnel at the John F. Kennedy Unconventional Warfare Center in Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Bernard B. Kerik lives in New York City.

About this edition

• Publisher: William Morrow
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0060009012
• ISBN 13: 9780060009014
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 384