Forging the Star: The Official Modern History of the Unted States Marshals Service
By David S. Turk
Forging the Star is a comprehensive official modern history of the U.S. Marshals, the oldest federal law enforcement organization. Their daily duties include pursuing dangerous felons in each of the 94 judicial districts or extraditing them from other countries, protecting federal judges, prosecutors, and witnesses from threats, transporting and maintaining prisoners and detainees, and administering the sale of assets obtained from criminal activity. But they also were instrumental in historic events such as the integration of the University of Mississippi, the federal trials of Teamsters President Jimmy Hoffa, the confrontation at Ruby Ridge, and dealing with Hurricane Katrina.
540 pages
University of North Texas Press
