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001 2014010689
003 DLC
005 20150304082244.0
008 140327s2014 ilu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2014010689
020 $a9781613749692 (hardback)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda
042 $apcc
043 $an-us-ca
050 00 $aHV6439.U7$bC258 2014
082 00 $a364.106/609794$223
084 $aTRU000000$aSOC044000$aBIO024000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aReynolds, Julia.
245 10 $aBlood in the fields :$bten years inside California's Nuestra Familia gang /$cJulia Reynolds.
264 1 $aChicago, Illinois :$bChicago Review Press,$c[2014]
300 $axxvii, 338 pages :$bmap ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 317-332) and index.
520 $a"The city of Salinas, California, is the birthplace of John Steinbeck and the setting for his epic masterpiece, East of Eden, but it is also the home of Nuestra Familia, one of the most violent gangs in the United States. Born in the prisons of California in the late 1960s, Nuestra Familia expanded to control drug trafficking and extortion operations throughout the northern half of the state, and left a trail of bodies in its wake. Award-winning journalist Julia Reynolds tells the gang's story from the inside out, following young men and women as they search for a new kind of family, quests that usually lead to murder and betrayal. Blood in the Fields also documents the history of Operation Black Widow, the FBI's questionable decade-long effort to dismantle the Nuestra Familia, along with its compromised informants and the turf wars it created with local law enforcement agencies. Reynolds used her unprecedented access to gang members, both in and out of prison, as well as undercover wire taps, depositions, and court documents to weave a gripping, comprehensive history of this brutal criminal organization and the lives it destroyed"--$cProvided by publisher.
610 20 $aNuestra Familia (Gang)
650 0 $aGangs$zCalifornia.
650 0 $aMexican American gangs$zCalifornia.
650 0 $aPrison gangs$zCalifornia.
650 0 $aGang members$zCalifornia.
650 7 $aTRUE CRIME / General.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / Hispanic American Studies.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aBIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Criminals & Outlaws.$2bisacsh