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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Onion Field (book) canonical | 2 |
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book
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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
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surface form:
United States
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| featuresPerson |
Gregory Powell
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Ian Campbell NERFINISHED ⓘ Jimmy Lee Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ Karl Hettinger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationReleaseYear | 1979 ⓘ |
| genre |
non-fiction
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true crime ⓘ |
| hasAuthorOccupation | former Los Angeles Police Department officer ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9780385281622 ⓘ |
| hasMediaType |
hardcover
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paperback ⓘ print ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| notableFor |
critique of the criminal justice system
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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
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Los Angeles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subject |
kidnapping of two Los Angeles police officers
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legal proceedings following the crime ⓘ murder of a Los Angeles police officer ⓘ psychological aftermath of violent crime ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 1963 ⓘ |
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