Arizona Project

Don Bolles, an investigative reporter for the Arizona Republic, was fatally injured when his car was bombed on June 2, 1976, as a reprisal for his expose of land fraud activities. This is the story of how a unique team of reporters from diverse, often competing, newspapers, calling themselves the Investigative Reporters and Editors, undertook the project of exposing crime and corruption in Arizona in retaliation for the brutal murder of Bolles. This is the only account that is apt to emerge for some time-perhaps ever-of the team's work. It is written by Michael F. Wendland, a reporter for the Detroit News. This first behind-the-scenes story of the project is drawn from Wendland's own notes and memory as well as diaries, memoranda, tape recordings, and film provided him by other key reporters on the project.