Broderick Crawford Starring in Highway Patrol

I am obsessed with Highway Patrol! What a great book filled with insight into this iconic 50's TV classic. Here, more than 60 years later, is a book filled with facts about all facets of this TV classic! Love it!

The author is a pretty rabid fan of the Highway Patrol show, and as others have pointed out he does talk a lot about himself (oddly, in the third person.) It's not a research paper, or even a serious reference -- it's just a lot of fun information. And he loves the topic and has a lot to say. And he's been very involved in the CHP 11-99 Foundation which makes him a good guy. I think most of the content is fun and interesting, and I'm glad I bought the book. I knocked off one star mostly because the photos are rather low quality, on decent paper but not glossy, and similar to newspaper resolution photos. The best books of this type are on glossy paper with high resolution photos. This isn't.Oh, and I REALLY REALLY would love to have his car!

Well written insight into this 50s tv series....very enjoyable...

Update on my review 4/4/21: I now see that the authors of this book have posted two 5-star "reviews" of their own book here, which is unethical at minimum. I didn't know authors were allowed to post reviews of their own books and boost the overall ratings, and this may be a violation of review policy? In any case, authors need to accept the fact that not everyone is going to think their book is great, and it's unfortunate they felt they had to post reviews to criticize customers who ordered their book and didn't like it.Here is my original review:I read the prior review by Robert Badgley from December 2020 but took a chance and ordered the book anyway. It was a mistake, and Mr. Badgeley's review of the book was accurate. I agree with what he wrote, but have some additional comments:This is a 310 page paperback book that costs $39.95. It has a nice cover picture and title that would indicate the book is about the 1950s TV series "Highway Patrol" and Broderick Crawford's participation in the show. The cover also states it is a complete history and episode guide.Not really. Unfortunately, a huge part of this expensive book is about the author, who as Mr. Badgely mentioned, is a "super fan" of the Highway Patrol series. It's actually good that there are super fans of actors and shows when they share interesting information they learn with other fans.But there are also "super fans" who accumulate materials and information and gravitate into it becoming all about them and their pursuits. Such is the case here. The author obviously loves the show but this book is evidence it became an obsession. He bought and restored a 1955 Buick to duplicate the car used in the early seasons of Highway Patrol, and has impersonated Broderick Crawford at various events. The book is filled with information about him, and it not only gets in the way of the information about the Highway Patrol show, it overwhelms it. I really don't care to read about the author's personal story and his public appearances. And I'm not interested in reading about his other non-Highway Patrol interests, such as being a fan of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young. Nor am I interested in reading about strange conspiracy theories about Glenn Miller.To me, the author's focus on his being a super fan at some point begins to feel "creepy" too.What I was interested in was finding a good "Highway Patrol" TV series companion book, focusing just on information about the show, the stars, with lots of pictures from the episodes, and detailed episode information. This book may be 310 pages, but not doing a detailed analysis, would guess that only about 100 pages really covers "Highway Patrol". And there seems to be a lot of wasted space, some pages have a picture at the top and nothing beneath.I was also disappointed in the "episode guide". There is a section of all the shows with brief synopses and production numbers, but no information at all as far as dates the episodes were aired or released, and no breakdown of cast information. Better episode guides can be found online.Unfortunately, I would not recommend this book to other Highway Patrol fans, especially not for $39.95 (or more).

i have been a fan of the show since it first aired back in the late fifties. Living outside of Chicago one of the local stations carries it but like 5:00 AM. So I have to record it and watch them when I get a chance. I always have about 4-5 to catch up on. As soon as I get a few bucks ahead, I plan on buying some of the DVD's that are available.