The Onion Field

The Onion Field
First edition cover
AuthorJoseph Wambaugh
Cover artistPaul Bacon[1]
LanguageEnglish
Genrenonfiction
PublisherDelacorte Press
Publication date
1973; 51 years ago (1973)
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (Hardcover)
Pages427 pp
ISBN9780440066927

The Onion Field is a 1973 nonfiction book by Joseph Wambaugh, a sergeant for the Los Angeles Police Department, chronicling the kidnapping of two plainclothes LAPD officers by a pair of criminals during a traffic stop and the subsequent murder of one of the officers.