The Highest Law in the Land: How the Unchecked Power of Sheriffs Threatens Democracy Business_Gift_Guide A finalist for the PEN/E

A finalist for the PEN/E

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Treuer's powerful book suggests the need for soul-searching about the meanings of American history and the stories we tell ourselves about this nation's past

The Highest Law in the Land: How the Unchecked Power of Sheriffs Threatens Democracy Business_Gift_Guide A finalist for the PEN/EShortlisted for Columbia Journalism Schools J. Anthony Lukas Award A Publishers Lunch NonFiction Buzz Book Named Most Anticipated by Los Angeles Times A leading authority on sheriffs investigates the impunity with which they police their communities, alongside the troubling role they play in American life, law enforcement, and, increasingly, national politics. The figure of the American sheriff has loomed large in popular imagination, though given the