U.S. Marshals: Inside America's Most Storied Law Enforcement Agency
Written by Mike Earp and David Fisher
Narrated by John Pruden
4.5/5
()
About this audiobook
Blending history and memoir, retired U.S. Marshal Mike Earp—a descendant of the legendary lawman Wyatt Earp—offers an exclusive and fascinating behind-the-scenes look at the most storied law enforcement agency in America, illuminating its vital role in the nation’s development for more than two hundred years.
Mike Earp spent his career with the U.S. Marshals Service, reaching the number three position in the organization’s hierarchy before he retired. In this fascinating, eye-opening book, written with the service’s full cooperation, he shares his experiences and takes us on a fascinating tour of this extraordinary organization—the oldest, the most effective, and the most dangerous branch of American law enforcement, and the least known.
Unlike their counterparts in the police and the FBI, U.S. Marshals aren’t responsible for investigating or prosecuting crimes. They pursue and arrest the most dangerous criminal offenders on U.S. soil, an extraordinarily hazardous job often involving gun battles and physical altercations. Earp takes us back to the service’s early days, explaining its creation and its role in the border wars that helped make continental expansion possible. He brings to life the gunslingers and gunfights that have made the Marshals legend, and explores the service’s role today integrating federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies in the hunt for the most notorious criminals—terrorists, drug lords, gun runners.
Setting his own experiences within the long history of the U.S. Marshals service, Earp offers a moving and illuminating tribute to the brave marshals who have dedicated their lives to keeping the nation safe.
Mike Earp
Mike Earp retired as the third-highest-ranking official in the U.S. Marshals Service in January 2012, after twenty-nine years of service. As the associate director for operations, he supervised all operational divisions and programs of the agency. He lives in Alexandria, Virginia.
Related to U.S. Marshals
Related audiobooks
Blue on Blue: An Insider's Story of Good Cops Catching Bad Cops Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Brotherhoods: The True Story of Two Cops Who Murdered for the Mafia Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Street Warrior: The True Story of the NYPD's Most Decorated Detective and the Era That Created Him Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Homicide Special: A Year in the Life of the LAPD's Elite Detective Unit Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Memoirs of a Veteran FBI Agent: Audiobook with Bonus Interview Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I Got a Monster: The Rise and Fall of America's Most Corrupt Police Squad Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Black Hawk Down Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Manhunters: How We Took Down Pablo Escobar Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Billy the Kid: The Endless Ride Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Get Capone: The Secret Plot That Captured America's Most Wanted Gangster Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5My FBI: Bringing Down the Mafia, Investigating Bill Clinton, and Fighting the War on Terror Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Shot All to Hell: Jesse James, the Northfield Raid, and the Wild West's Greatest Escape Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Scarface and the Untouchable: Al Capone, Eliot Ness, and the Battle for Chicago Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Last Outlaws: The Lives and Legends of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Gangster Squad: Covert Cops, the Mob, and the Battle for Los Angeles Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5War Letters: Extraordinary Correspondence from American Wars Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Ride the Devil's Herd: Wyatt Earp's Epic Battle Against the West's Biggest Outlaw Gang Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Operation Greylord: The True Story of an Untrained Undercover Agent and America's Biggest Corruption Bust Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne, from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The NYPD: The History and Legacy of the New York City Police Department Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Strangers on a Bridge: he Case of Colonel Abel and Francis Gary Powers Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Killing Pablo Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Charlie Mike: A True Story of War and Finding the Way Home Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Special Forces Berlin: Clandestine Cold War Operations of the US Army's Elite, 1956–1990 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Doc Holliday: The Life and Legend Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Operation Devil Horns: The Takedown of MS-13 in San Francisco Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Shadows in the Jungle: The Alamo Scouts Behind Japanese Lines in World War II Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5
Politics For You
Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The 48 Laws of Power Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Leave the World Behind: A Novel Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5All the Sinners Bleed: A Novel Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Enough Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Overstory Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of September 11, 2001 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Elon Musk Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5While Time Remains: A North Korean Girl's Search for Freedom in America Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Nazi Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Out of the Wreckage Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Razorblade Tears: A Novel Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Son of Hamas: A Gripping Account of Terror, Betrayal, Political Intrigue, and Unthinkable Choices Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Behold a Pale Horse Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Blackout: How Black America Can Make Its Second Escape from the Democrat Plantation Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Small Mercies: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5An American Marriage: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5You Can't Joke About That: Why Everything Is Funny, Nothing Is Sacred, and We’re All in This Together Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Reviews for U.S. Marshals
3 ratings0 reviews