JOHN MACKIE

Novels of real life...
and real death...
by a real cop from the big city

Born in Brooklyn, John grew up believing he would one day play third base for the Dodgers... didn't happen. At twenty-three he joined the NYPD (six months later he was thirty-five). Now retired from NYPD, he hangs out with ex-Dodgers in sunny Florida. ***

A sunny afternoon with Brooklyn Dodger pitching great Clem Labine


With Duke Snider. The Duke of Flatbush. Sadly, we lost the Duke on Feb. 27th 2011. Most of The Boys of Summer are now gone.


JOHN WAS A DEDICATED AND HIGHLY DECORATED MEMBER OF THE NYPD. A HOLDER OF THE DEPARTMENT'S PRESTIGIOUS MEDAL OF VALOR, HE NOW SPENDS HIS TIME WRITING GREAT BOOKS...LITERARY CLASSICS REALLY...ABOUT HOMICIDE INVESTIGATORS AND REAL COPS IN THE BIG APPLE....

***Find out more about John Mackie's childhood love of the Dodgers and his years with the NYPD, by visiting chapters 27 and 34 in Peter Golenbocks "In the Country of Brooklyn." It is a wonderful oral history told in firsthand stories by people like DJ "Cousin Brucie" Morrow, journalist and author Pete Hamill, Hall of Fame baseball player Monte Irvin, Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa, songwriter Neil Sedaka and others--including John Mackie--who grew up in the great borough. Published by Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins in 2008.

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