{"product_id":"cops-kid-mel-c-miskimen-9780299188801","title":"Cop's Kid: A Milwaukee Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003e B-Day, as it came to be known, finally arrived. It was a Friday. A school day. I identified with Cinderella as I watched Dad get ready for work. Holster, check. Gun, check. Billy club, check. Handcuffs, check. . . . Saturday morning I got up early. Dad was already gone. Back to work. Ushering the Beatles out of town. On the table . . . there were two small bars of soap, slightly used, the words \"Coach House Inn\" still legible. One book of matches with four missing. And a note from Dad, \"From their room.\" . . . No one else's dad comes home from work with something that might, just might, have been intimate with a Beatle.\u003cbr\u003e Growing up, Mel Miskimen thought that a gun and handcuffs on the kitchen table were as normal as a gallon of milk and a loaf of Mrs. Karl's bread. Her father, a Milwaukee cop for almost forty years was part Super Hero (He simply held up his hand and three lanes of traffic came to a screeching halt) and part Supreme Being (He could be anywhere at anytime. I never knew when or where he would pop up.) Miskimen's memoir, told in humorous vignettes, tells what it was like for a girl growing up with a dad who packed a lunch and packed heat.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mel C. Miskimen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0299188809\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780299188801\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Wisconsin Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/18\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 138\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.68lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.82h x 5.24w x 0.72d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eUniv PR Books for Public Libry\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2004 pg. 105 - Strongly Recommended","brand":"Mel C. Miskimen","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44491353260287,"sku":"9780299188801","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_123df881-47a5-4e4e-b872-cb1f909e6895.jpg?v=1699450727","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/cops-kid-mel-c-miskimen-9780299188801","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}