-Caveat Lector- from Barnes and Noble: <A HREF="http://shopbn.web.aol.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?userid=3ZKZEOVJCE&m scssid=3FQ836U73US12H5J00LHRK14FCD1CQ5E&pcount=0&srefer=&isbn=1560250577">barn esandnoble.com - Book Search </A> ----- <<He presents well-documented evidence that Donald DeFreeze, head of the Symbionese Liberation Army, kidnappers of Patty Hearst in 1974, was a police informant and an agent provocateur.>> Om K ----- Vegas P.I.: The Life and Times of America's Greatest Detective Lake Headley William Hoffman Our Price: $22.95 Format: Hardcover, 1st ed., 306pp. ISBN: 1560250577 Publisher: Thunder's Mouth Press Pub. Date: April 1993 Synopsis Filled with major crime cases and startling revelations, this gripping narrative tells the fascinating, often moving autobiography of a genuine American original--Headley and his 35 action-packed years as a detective battling crime on the streets of Las Vegas and beyond. Reviews and Commentary This Book was reviewed by: The Publisher, Richard Paul Snyder - BookList and Publisher's Weekly - Publishers Weekly >From The Publisher: The extraordinary and glamorous adventure of one of the most renowned private investigators of all time, Vegas P.I. is the fascinating and often moving autobiography of a genuine American original - Lake Headley. Filled with major crime cases and startling revelations, it chronicles his thirty-five perilous and action-packed years as a first-rank detective defending the disenfranchised and battling crime on the streets of Las Vegas and beyond. Headley relates his early years working for the Las Vegas/Clark County Sheriff's Department, a force which more closely resembled a vigilante committee than a law enforcement agency. After five years Headley's conscience and stomach got the better of him and, in 1962, he resigned and set out on his own, launching one of the most spectacular careers in criminal justice history. He takes us back to a period of gambling history when the Mob ruled the strip and he busted some of the most ingenious scams cheaters ever devised. Headley gives never-revealed details of the famous "Friars Club Cheating Case" in which celebrities such as Phil Silvers, Debbie Reynolds, Tony Martin, and Groucho Marx lost more than a million dollars in a rigged gin rummy game at the exclusive Friars Club in Beverly Hills. Headley chronicles his wild adventures with the legendary bounty hunter "Papa" Ralph Thorson. He pursues a dangerous involvement with the American Indian Movement (AIM) after their 72-day Wounded Knee occupation, which ultimately evolved into the most massive private defense investigation in history. Fascinating new information is revealed about the Patty Hearst kidnapping, the Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA), and the mysterious conflagration and gun battle in which 6 members of the SLA died in a house in Los Angeles although they apparently were trying to surrender. Among his many brushes with celebrity, he was called in to investigate the Bloomingdale-Morgan Affair, a murder case that involved sado-masochistic sex and a cast of ch >From Richard Paul Snyder - BookList: Real-life detectives are said to follow a rather boring vocation. Not Lake Headley II; he found himself mixed up in some of America's most publicized events, such as the FBI's battles with Native Americans at Wounded Knee, Arizona investigative reporter Don Bolles' death, Patti Hearst and the Symbionese Liberation Army, and federal judge Harry Claiborne's impeachment. Headley began as a Las Vegas deputy sheriff, but setting up and gunning down a drug addict went against his grain, so he resigned. He and another ex-deputy set up their own Vegas detective agency; then Headley hooked up with legendary bounty hunter "Papa" Ralph Thorson. Neither job suited him, but when the famous defense attorney Luke McKissack took Headley along to Wounded Knee, the PI discovered his true life's work--aiding underdogs--which in turn earned Headley the enmity of a good many law enforcement agents: the inside scoop on all the aforementioned cases is that the bad guys are the ones who are supposed to be protecting us--sheriffs, FBI agents, D.A.'s, U.S. attorneys general, etc. Those interested in the nuts and bolts of private detection should look elsewhere, but there are some fascinating stories here. >From Publisher's Weekly - Publishers Weekly: For 30 years, Headley, who died in 1992, worked as a private investigator in Las Vegas. This account of his career, written with Hoffman, his coauthor on Contract Killer, is shocking and exciting. The earlier book involved the killing of Jimmy Hoffa, so little attention is given that case here. But Headley does present startling revelations about his other investigations. He presents well-documented evidence that Donald DeFreeze, head of the Symbionese Liberation Army, kidnappers of Patty Hearst in 1974, was a police informant and an agent provocateur. Headley also worked on the investigation of the 1976 murder of reporter Don Bolles in Phoenix, and concludes that certain of Arizona's public figures conspired in a cover-up of the case (the convicted killers, Max Dunlap, a contractor, and James Robinson, a plumber, are to be retried). (Aug.) ----- Aloha, He'Ping, Om, Shalom, Salaam. Em Hotep, Peace Be, Omnia Bona Bonis, All My Relations. Adieu, Adios, Aloha. Amen. Roads End Kris DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance—not soapboxing! 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