Tough Streets, Rough Skies and Sunday Sidelines - Couverture souple

Wansley, Larry A.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 087565889X ISBN 13 : 9780875658896

Editeur : Texas Christian University Press, 2025

Synopsis

Reading Rough Streets, Tough Skies, and Sunday Sidelines, readers may need to be reminded that it is a true story. From Larry Wansley’s days as a young police detective, dodging bullets while attempting to calm the Compton (California) race riots to his leadership of a staff that identified the 9/11 hijackers, this globally respected security figure has written an action-packed recollection of his foot-to-the-pedal career.

As one of the FBI's first long-term undercover agents, Wansley aided with the search for kidnapped Patty Hearst and once organized a sting operation that resulted in the recovery of $42 million in stolen property. He used so many aliases that at times he had trouble remembering who he was supposed to be. While serving as Global Security Director for American Airlines, he coordinated the numbing turmoil that came in the wake of the 9/11 tragedy and walked among those searching Ground Zero. He dealt with drug cartels, arms smugglers, a shoe bomb, and more than a few Mafia wiseguys. During his tenure as Director of Security for the Dallas Cowboys, he shielded legendary Cowboys coach Tom Landry from a potential sniper hidden in the Monday Night Football crowd and spent a summer serving as pop singer Whitney Houston's bodyguard during her European tour.

Written with two-time Edgar Award winner Carlton Stowers, Wansley’s autobiography runs the emotional gamut from terrifying to heartbreaking to laugh-out-loud funny with the dangerous and high drama situations that are often only found in fiction.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Larry Wansley is a globally respected leader in the aviation, sports, and executive security world. He was a Marine, FBI undercover agent, Whitney Houston's bodyguard, and the head of global security for American Airlines. He earned the FBI Director's Award for his team's identification of the 9/11 terrorists. His passenger screening model let to the creation of TSA after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. He currently works as the Director of Security and Counseling Services for the Dallas Cowboys.

Carlton Stowers, author of fifty books of non-fiction and fiction, is a two-time recipient of the Mystery Writers of America's Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime. He is a member of the Texas Literary Hall of Fame and the Texas Institute of Letters.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Texas Christian University Press
• Date d'édition: 2025
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 087565889X
• ISBN 13: 9780875658896
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 324
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• Personne responsable: non disponible