The Onion Field (book)

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"The Onion Field" is a true-crime book by Joseph Wambaugh that recounts the 1963 kidnapping of two Los Angeles police officers and the murder of one of them in a Kern County onion field, exploring the psychological aftermath and legal fallout of the crime.

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instanceOf book
true crime book
adaptedInto The Onion Field (film) NERFINISHED
author Joseph Wambaugh NERFINISHED
basedOnEvent 1963 kidnapping and murder of LAPD officer Ian Campbell
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
featuresPerson Gregory Powell NERFINISHED
Ian Campbell NERFINISHED
Jimmy Lee Smith NERFINISHED
Karl Hettinger NERFINISHED
filmAdaptationReleaseYear 1979
genre non-fiction
true crime
hasAuthorOccupation former Los Angeles Police Department officer
hasISBN 9780385281622
hasMediaType hardcover
paperback
print
language English
notableFor critique of the criminal justice system
detailed psychological portrait of surviving officer Karl Hettinger
influence on true-crime literary genre
originalPublicationDate 1973
publicationYear 1973
publisher Delacorte Press NERFINISHED
setInLocation Kern County, California NERFINISHED
Los Angeles NERFINISHED
subject kidnapping of two Los Angeles police officers
legal proceedings following the crime
murder of a Los Angeles police officer
psychological aftermath of violent crime
timePeriod 1963

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