This is the Way It Was: ..". A book so masterfully written, you can almost smell new upholstery on the street rod. This is definitely the best read..." Paul Taylor, Publisher. Route 66 Magazine ..". hours of delightful entertainment.... If this is your first time reading Chuck Klein, it s just like eating chocolate. Once you have the first bite, you know you ll be coming back for more" Carl Cartisano, Cruisin' Style Magazine ...a new American classic, conjuring up images of good, clean fun for the "hot-rodders" of yesterday and today....a fun, fast read that appeals to the kid in all of us."...

"The Badge, Stories and Tales from both Sides of the Law, by Chuck Klein, is a well written, entertaining and factual portrayal of life for both the cops and the bad guys in small town and suburban America. It's a great read and I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in true tales from both sides of the law." Cynthia Brown, Publisher & Editor, American Police Beat Magazine Author of Brave Hearts: Extraordinary Stories of Pride, Pain and Courage. "I have been licensed as a private investigator for 13 years in Ohio, Kentucky & Indiana and have found Chuck Klein's writing to be...

This is a real "guys'" book. Chuck's well known for his expertise and publications on firearm safety as well as his last two books in this genre, "The Way It Was-Nostalgic Tales of Hotrods and Romance" and "The Badge-Stories and Tales from Both Sides of the Law." I think a lot of Chuck's Stories are semi-autobiographical history about the journey of a hot-rodding teenager through all kinds of trouble with the law into a long career as a Midwest LEO and a nationally well-known firearms expert. The signature message I got from the book was when the stern Sheriff took the rebellious teen in for...

The Best of Chuck Klein... ... Is very good indeed His nostalgic tales of hot-rodding and high-schooling in the '50s are like riding in a cherry 1957 Corvette. Imagine cruising through your favorite old haunts - and nothing has changed. There's the patch of rubber you laid last weekend with your new Goodyears. The radio is playing all your favorite songs by the Everly Brothers and the Four Tops. That's it - a four-barrel, fuel injected time machine. You can almost smell the high-octane fuel, burning rubber and Brylcreem. That's Chuck Klein's writing. He has the gift to take you back to the...

Tales of love, police chases, plenty of hot rods and even a few Twilight Zone type yarns comprise this collection of fiction and non-fiction short stories. Many of these slices of life have twist or surprise endings.

While much has been written about instinct shooting with long guns, very little had been published on doing so with a handgun until this publication. Written by a pioneering author of the concept, Instinct Combat Shooting: Defensive Handgunning for Police, now in its fourth edition, is not about winning target shooting competitions, but purports surviving real-life firefights by examining testimonies of shootout survivors and carefully analyzing firefights that prove shooting instinctively is not only crucially fast, but also equally accurate.

The book defines...