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  • Blood in the Fields

  • Ten Years Inside California's Nuestra Familia Gang
  • By: Julia Reynolds
  • Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
  • Length: 13 hrs and 14 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (600 ratings)

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Blood in the Fields

By: Julia Reynolds
Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
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Publisher's summary

The city of Salinas, California, is the birthplace of John Steinbeck and the setting for his epic masterpiece East of Eden, but it is also the home of Nuestra Familia, one of the most violent gangs in the United States. Born in the prisons of California in the late 1960s, Nuestra Familia expanded to control drug trafficking and extortion operations throughout the northern half of the state and left a trail of bodies in its wake. Award-winning journalist Julia Reynolds tells the gang's story from the inside out, following young men and women as they search for a new kind of family, quests that usually lead to murder and betrayal. Blood in the Fields also documents the history of Operation Black Widow, the FBI's questionable decade-long effort to dismantle the Nuestra Familia, along with its compromised informants and the turf wars it created with local law enforcement agencies. Reynolds uses her unprecedented access to gang members, both in and out of prison, as well as undercover wiretaps, depositions, and court documents to weave a gripping, comprehensive history of this brutal criminal organization and the lives it destroyed.

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Absolutely captivating

Julia did a fucking amazing job writing this I can’t say enough to completely convey my appreciation of this complete masterpiece of writings.

Cassandra did a lovely job with her cholo and Chicano accents throughout the whole thing; amazing job Ms Campbell!

You guys rock thanks for such a entertaining book

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Wow

This was a great book and great reading I really enjoyed it I think you will to give it a shot

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Eye opening look into a world I knew nothing about

Very very informative. I liked her writing style, and the pacing of the book.

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A must read!

I went through every emotion attached to characters as they were my family. The story will always stay with me

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great book very factual!

as I said this book was great a lot of factional detail.
great performance by the narrator although the accident was terrible and that's an understatement she was generalizing the accident of millions of Latinos they don't all sound like that!!!!!

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Narrators Italian accent when pronouncing Spanish words is gross

The fact that this narrator was NOT given any constructive criticism and/or corrected about her accent and pronunciation is absolutely ridiculous. An absolute utter failure, the book was interesting but the total ignorance surrounding the sound of the Spanish words was by far the most embarrassing display by anyone in the history of ever.

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great story awful narrator

this story should have been read by someone who at least understands lingo. what is Amazing Story someone wrote only to be tarnished and almost ruined buy a horrible narrator.

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Great Book

Very interesting book. I did research after reading it and it was spot on with facts and the story line.

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excellent book

it's a very interesting book once you get started you don't want to stop listening to it

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Real. Brutal. Stark. Dark. Need to Read

First Cassandra Campbell is the best narrator out there.
The book takes you into a world that lives right next to us but seen only through the violence that boils to the surface. Julia Reynolds brings the lives of people in the story into the light & gives them humanity. The violence is ingrained, taught through families & loyalty.
After reading this book I have learned not to judge...there are children, families, love, loss, pain, pressure...real people with a story.


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