Blue Journey: a memoir is a hard-hitting, adrenalin-fueled, yet poignant account of a cop's experiences on the street. It is seat of your pants reading, which will raise your pulse-rate. Follow the life of a young boy who dreams of being a police officer, like his father, and then becomes one. Walk a post, and ride along in a patrol car responding to crimes in progress, and life-threatening emergencies. In the course of his tenure with the Nassau County Police Department on Long Island, the author has seen life and death, and most things in between. Get a cop's eye view of violence and compassion, sorrow and laughter, all told with a storytellers flair. The reader is cautioned; the author doesn't pull any punches with his descriptive style. Read true accounts of horrific car crashes, serious injuries, and those he suffered in the line of duty. The author's tongue-in-cheek humor will rescue you from some of the grimmer aspects of police work. Visit nostalgic memories from his childhood until the present. Feel the profound camaraderie cops share, that bond among those of the thin blue line. If you're enthralled by high-speed pursuits, gunpoint apprehensions, knockdown brawls, and critical medical emergency calls, this is the book for you.