The Algiers Motel Incident

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1968. Book Club Edition. Large octavo in black jacket; ix, 397 pages: illustrations; 22 cm Near fine(-) with a few small stains (abot .5 x .5 inches) to front free endpapers in a very good(+) midly edge-worn jacket. . Hardcover.

Contents: I. The odor of a case, July 26-31 [1967]. 1. Do you hate the police?; 2. A dangerous account; 3. Too hot to handle -- II. Three cops and three days, July 23-5. 4. The first day; 5. Snake; 6. The second day; 7. An out-of-doors man; 8. The third day; 9. Quiet and respectable; 10. An alarm of snipers -- III. Auburey and his circle. 11. The fork in the road -- IV. Confession, July 31. 12. Could you get my statement back? -- V. The Algiers motel incident, July 25-6. 13. The snipers; 14. A game of chess; 15. Man, they're going to shoot; 16. How to attack a building; 17. Everybody downstairs!; 18. Phone calls; 19. Enter and exit: state police; 20. Conduct becoming an officer; 21. Up and down the line; 22. Just in time to pray; 23. Enter Warrent Officer Thomas; 24. Interrogations; 25. The knife game; 26. Skin show; 27. The death game; 28. The death game played out; 29. Out -- VI. Aftermath, July 31 and after. 30. A matter for investigation; 31. First man in court; 32. Logical to be nervous; 33. Senak's Peninsula; 34. These are not little boys; 35. The law was made by people; 36. Law and order for all?; 37. Under indictment; 38. A mother speaks; 39. The net is thrown again; 40. Snipers: the myth; 41. Fuel for the fire next time; 42. Harrassment?; 43. The Paille appeal; 44. A numbness; 45. Conspiracy?; 46. Padlocking; 47. A cutting; 48. A winter of waiting; 49. Three men at work; 50. The legal maze; 51. Last words; 52. What is wrong with this country? Riots -- Michigan -- Detroit. Émeutes Race Relations. Police, Black Studies