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Bezig met laden... The Cornbread Mafia : a homegrown syndicate's code of silence and the biggest marijuana bust in American history (editie 2012)door III. James Higdon
Informatie over het werkThe Cornbread Mafia: A Homegrown Syndicate's Code of Silence and the Biggest Marijuana Bust in American History door James Higdon
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. This is a very good book. It's well written and flows nicely holding your attention the whole time. After reading it I realized it reflected my feelings about lawmen in general which my friends know, and the government interfering with the states. If you are from Kentucky, if you bought or smoked marijuana in the 70's or 80's, or you like homegrown outlaws you should read this book you won't be disappointed. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
In the summer of 1987, Johnny Boone set out to grow and harvest one of the greatest outdoor marijuana crops in modern times. In doing so, he set into motion a series of events that defined him and his associates as the largest homegrown marijuana syndicate in American history, also known as the Cornbread Mafia. Author James Higdon--whose relationship with Johnny Boone, currently a federal fugitive, made him the first journalist subpoenaed under the Obama administration--takes readers back to the 1970s and '80s and the clash between federal and local law enforcement and a band of Kentucky farmers with moonshine and pride in their bloodlines. By 1989 the task force assigned to take down men like Johnny Boone had arrested sixty-nine men and one woman from busts on twenty-nine farms in ten states, and seized two hundred tons of pot. Of the seventy individuals arrested, zero talked. How it all went down is a tale of Mafia-style storylines emanating from the Bluegrass State, and populated by Vietnam veterans and weed-loving characters caught up in Tarantino-level violence and heart-breaking altruism. Accompanied by a soundtrack of rock-and-roll and rhythm-and-blues, this work of dogged investigative journalism and history is told by Higdon in action-packed, colorful and riveting detail. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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