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100 1  Croke, Ken. 
245 10 Riding with evil :|btaking down the notorious Pagan 
       Motorcycle Gang /|cKen Croke with Dave Wedge. 
250    First edition. 
264  1 New York, NY :|bWilliam Morrow, an imprint of 
       HarperCollins Publishers,|c[2022] 
264  4 |c©2022 
300    306 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :|bcolor 
       illustrations ;|c24 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
380    Book|2tlcgt 
385    General|2tlctarget 
520    "Longtime ATF agent Ken Croke had earned the right to 
       coast to the end of a storied career, having routinely 
       gone undercover to apprehend white supremacists, gun 
       runners, and gang members. But after a chance encounter 
       with an associate of the Pagan Motorcycle Gang created an 
       opening, he transformed himself into "Slam," a monstrous, 
       axe-handle wielding enforcer whose duty was to protect the
       leadership "mother club" at all costs. He befriended the 
       club's most violent and criminally insane members and 
       lived among them for two years, covertly building a case 
       that would eventually take down the top members of the 
       gang in a massive federal prosecution, even as he risked 
       his marriage, his sanity, and his life. With today's law 
       enforcement largely moving toward the comparative safety 
       of cyber operations, it became one of the last of its kind,
       a masterclass in old school tactics that marked Croke as a
       dying breed of undercover agent and became legendary in 
       law enforcement. Now for the first time, Croke tells the 
       story of his terrifying undercover life in the Pagans--the
       unspeakable violence, extremism, drugs, and disgusting 
       rituals. Written with bestselling crime writer Dave Wedge 
       and utilizing the exclusive cooperation of those who lived
       the case with him, as well as thousands of pages of court 
       files and hours of surveillance tapes and photos, Croke 
       delivers a frightening, nail-biting account of the 
       secretive and brutal biker underworld."--Provided by 
       publisher. 
600 10 Croke, Ken. 
610 10 United States.|bBureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms
       |xOfficials and employees|vBiography. 
610 20 Pagans (Motorcycle club) 
650  0 Law enforcement|zUnited States|vBiography. 
650  0 Undercover operations|zUnited States. 
650  0 Motorcycle gangs. 
650  0 Law enforcement|vBiography. 
650  0 Undercover operations. 
700 1  Wedge, Dave.