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The Wagon and Other Stories from the City by Martin Preib (Hardcover, 2010)

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Martin Preib is an officer in the Chicago Police Department?a beat cop whose first assignment as a rookie policeman was working on the wagon that picks up the dead. Inspired by Preib?s daily life on the job, The Wagon and Other Stories from the City chronicles the outer and inner lives of both a Chicago cop and the city itself. The book follows Preib as he transports body bags, forges an unlikely connection with his female partner, trains a younger officer, and finds himself among people long forgotten?or rendered invisible?by the rest of society. Preib recounts how he navigates the tenuous labyrinths of race and class in the urban metropolis, such as a domestic disturbance call involving a gang member and his abused girlfriend or a run-in with a group of drunk yuppies. As he encounters the real and imagined geographies of Chicago, the city reveals itself to be not just a backdrop, but a central force in his narrative of life and death. Preib?s accounts, all told in his breathtaking prose, come alive in ways that readers will long remember.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
ISBN-13
9780226679808
eBay Product ID (ePID)
107542099

Product Key Features

Book Title
The Wagon and Other Stories from the City
Author
Martin Preib
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Memorials, Government
Publication Year
2010
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
176 Pages

Dimensions

Item Height
218mm
Item Width
149mm
Item Weight
350 g

Additional Product Features

Title_Author
Martin Preib
Series Title
Chicago Visions and Revisions (Chup)
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States

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