Australian Author Publishes New Book

The Man Behind the Uniform, a new book by J.C. Hall, has been released by RoseDog Books.

The Man Behind the Uniform details the evolution of a naïve young man into the hard-nosed police officer the criminal element saw. From a period when the treatment for post-traumatic stress was a three-day drinking binge to when the condition was acknowledged but not well dealt with, this story is a roller coaster ride with humor, tragedy, anger and venting.

J.C. Hall was not a famous detective. He was the general-duty street and traffic policeman commonly deal with. There are no headline-grabbing incidents, just a series of traumatic events that took place over 32 years.

The Man Behind the Uniform does not seek your sympathy. J.C. Hall asks that you simply try to understand that going from death and destruction, violence and confrontation, to humor and even boredom will affect the soul, and he endeavors to explain how.

The only heroes in The Man Behind the Uniform are the wives and spouses of the police officers and their children, who are raised by those trying to be normal parents after spending a shift bathed in someone else's blood, trying to put their two-year-old to bed after carrying another to the morgue.

The Man Behind the Uniform is a 420-page paperback with a retail price of $38.00. The ISBN is 978-1-4349-8697-9. It was published by RoseDog Books of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. For more information or to request a review copy, please visit our virtual pressroom at www.rosedog.com/pressroom or our online bookstore at www.rosedogbookstore.com.