Crime. Truth. Moral pressure.
Cherokee Paul McDonald
Cherokee Paul McDonald is the author of three novels and the memoir Blue Truth. His work draws from crime, law enforcement, and lived experience in Florida.
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Blue Truth
Memoir rooted in police, crime, and moral conflict
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Police work, Crime, Moral pressure, Florida

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Blue Truth
Blue Truth is Cherokee Paul McDonald's memoir, a direct work shaped by police work, crime, danger, and moral conflict.

Blue Truth
Memoir rooted in police, crime, and moral conflict
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Pressure, danger, and complexity behind the badge
Publisher and retailer records classify Blue Truth across nonfiction, biography, law enforcement, criminology, political science, and social science categories.
Book Details
- Author
- Cherokee Paul McDonald
- Title
- Blue Truth
- Description
- Memoir rooted in police, crime, and moral conflict
- Publisher
- Dutton Books; St. Martin's Press; iUniverse
- Published
- Original hardcover: May 24, 1991
- Pages
- 212, 272, or 292 pages by edition
- ISBN-13
- 978-1556112461; 978-0312927738; 978-1475930207
- ISBN-10
- 1556112467; 0312927738; 1475930208
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For readers of crime memoirs and morally complex nonfiction
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Firsthand accounts of crime, pressure, and personal reckoning.
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Police work, law enforcement culture, and moral pressure.
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Serious crime writing connected to Florida and lived experience.
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Crime, truth, and pressure
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Police Work
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Crime & Corruption
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Personal Reckoning
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About The Author
Cherokee Paul McDonald
Cherokee Paul McDonald is a novelist, memoirist, and journalist whose work draws from crime, law enforcement, and lived experience in Florida.

Cherokee Paul McDonald.
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Author of Blue Truth and other confirmed works
He is the author of three novels and the memoir Blue Truth. His articles have appeared in the Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel, among other publications.
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