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The Cornbread Mafia

Author : James Higdon
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1493038508
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book The Cornbread Mafia written by James Higdon and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2019-05-01 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Cornbread Mafia

Author : James Higdon
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 076278489X
Total Pages : 411 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (627 download)

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Download or read book Cornbread Mafia written by James Higdon and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2013-09-03 with total page 411 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

The Cornbread Mafia

Author : James Higdon
Publisher : Lyons Press
ISBN 13 : 9781493038497
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (384 download)

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Download or read book The Cornbread Mafia written by James Higdon and published by Lyons Press. This book was released on 2019-05 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The national bestseller about the largest homegrown marijuana syndicate in American history - a band of Kentucky farmers descended from Prohibition-era moonshiners. Tracked down by the Law, their leader was finally captured in 2017 and brought to justice in March, 2018. And thereby hangs a tale....

Cornbread Mafia

Author : Joe Keith Bickett
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781725563636
Total Pages : 378 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (636 download)

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Download or read book Cornbread Mafia written by Joe Keith Bickett and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-08-12 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cornbread Mafia, The Outlaws of Central Kentucky is author Joe Keith Bickett's sequel to his first book, The Origins of The Cornbread Mafia, A Memoir of Sorts. As the 1980s come onto the scene, the Cornbread Mafia is faced with new obstacles from the Federal Government in order to keep their marijuana business flourishing. President Ronald Regan declares his "War on Drugs" and with it comes the Comprehensive Crime Control Act and the Anti-Drug Abuse Act, which significantly increase federal penalties and mandatory minimum sentences for those caught in the cultivation and distribution of marijuana. The stakes just got much higher for the Cornbread crew. Despite the looming threat from the Feds, along with the side-effects from the heavy use of cocaine by many of the members, the Cornbread Mafia expands their operations in the 80s into several Midwestern states and continues to smuggle, cultivate and distribute marijuana. In this memoir, Bickett reveals a Federal criminal justice system that, from his perspective, is willing to go far beyond the bounds of law and ethics to bust a bunch of pot farmers from Middle America. Joe Keith Bickett, along with Bobby Joe Shewmaker, Johnny Boone, Tommy Lee, Jimmy Bickett, Fred Elder and several others who requested to remain anonymous, tell the unbelievable and sometimes humorous stories of their experiences in the marijuana business through the 1980s and how they all became a part of the largest marijuana cartel in US history. This collaboration of several participants of the Cornbread Mafia is the true story of The Cornbread Mafia, the Outlaws of Central Kentucky.

The Origins of the Cornbread Mafia

Author : Joe Keith Bickett
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781536814446
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (144 download)

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Download or read book The Origins of the Cornbread Mafia written by Joe Keith Bickett and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-08-24 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "On a September night in 1978, Muhammad Ali would attempt to reclaim his title from Leon Spinks in one of the greatest heavyweight matches of all-times. That same night a crew of over twenty five country boys from in and around central Kentucky would also attempt to reclaim a huge marijuana field that had been seized by local law enforcement. This book, or as the author calls it, "A Memoir of Sorts" is a first-hand account of the events surrounding "The Origins of The Cornbread Mafia" and how it led to the biggest home grown marijuana operation in U.S. history."--Amazon.

Cornbread Mafia

Author : Sheree Le Mon
Publisher : Indigo River
ISBN 13 : 9780997294583
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (945 download)

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Download or read book Cornbread Mafia written by Sheree Le Mon and published by Indigo River. This book was released on 2017-02-20 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After years of walking an emotional tightrope and living a life of deception, attorney David O'Donnell and his lifelong friend and former CIA operative, Bill Corley, devised a complex and dangerous plot that would finally fracture the suffocating tentacles that encased and bound O'Donnell to the NJ underworld and the Colombian drug cartel once and for all. Between the dangerously secret goings-on of the operation and O'Donnell's lifeless marriage that crept with unremarkable predictability, a single delicate flower emerged amongst the wreckage. That flower was Neely Glover. The smart and accomplished beauty quietly moved to Summerville hoping to escape the whispers and eyes of her prying socialite circle in Madison after divorcing a husband who, unfortunately, never stopped dating. She found Summerville the perfect place to heal and rediscover herself, unnoticed. Never could she have fathomed that within a short year of arriving in the sleepy little town, her life would be transformed not only by love but also by the tangled, dangerous activities that would tie her to horrific acts. Money laundering, betrayal, extortion, sex, violence, murder, and love spin a web through the lives of many of the players in Summerville with an outcome that is unimagined and life altering.

American Mafia

Author : Thomas Reppetto
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
ISBN 13 : 1250125596
Total Pages : 478 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book American Mafia written by Thomas Reppetto and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2016-06-07 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Reppetto's book earns its place among the best . . . he brings fresh context to a familiar story worth retelling." —The New York Times Book Review Organized crime—the Italian American kind—has long been a source of popular entertainment and legend. Now Thomas Reppetto provides a balanced history of the Mafia's rise—from the 1880s to the post-WWII era—that is as exciting and readable as it is authoritative. Structuring his narrative around a series of case histories featuring such infamous characters as Lucky Luciano and Al Capone, Reppetto draws on a lifetime of field experience and access to unseen documents to show us a locally grown Mafia. It wasn't until the 1920s, thanks to Prohibition, that the Mafia assumed what we now consider its defining characteristics, especially its octopuslike tendency to infiltrate industry and government. At mid-century the Kefauver Commission declared the Mafia synonymous with Union Siciliana; in the 1960s the FBI finally admitted the Mafia's existence under the name La Cosa Nostra. American Mafia is a fascinating look at America's most compelling criminal subculture from an author who is intimately acquainted with both sides of the street.

The Bluegrass Conspiracy

Author : Sally Denton
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 9780595196661
Total Pages : 412 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (966 download)

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Download or read book The Bluegrass Conspiracy written by Sally Denton and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2001 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Kentucky Blueblood Drew Thornton parachuted to his death in September 1985—carrying thousands in cash and 150 pounds of cocaine—the gruesome end of his startling life blew open a scandal that reached to the most secret circles of the U.S. government. The story of Thornton and “The Company” he served, and the lone heroic fight of State Policeman Ralph Ross against an international web of corruption is one of the most portentous tales of the 20th century.

The Bourbon King

Author : Bob Batchelor
Publisher : Diversion Books
ISBN 13 : 1635765854
Total Pages : 580 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (357 download)

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Download or read book The Bourbon King written by Bob Batchelor and published by Diversion Books. This book was released on 2019-09-03 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The rise and fall of the man who cracked Prohibition to become one of the world’s richest criminal masterminds—and helped inspire The Great Gatsby. Love, murder, political intrigue, mountains of cash, and rivers of bourbon…The tale of George Remus is a grand spectacle and a lens into the dark heart of Prohibition. Yes, Congress gave teeth to Prohibition in October, 1919, but the law didn’t stop George Remus from amassing a fortune that would be worth billions of dollars today. As one Jazz Age journalist put it, “Remus was to bootlegging what Rockefeller was to oil.” Author Bob Batchelor breathes life into the largest bootlegging operation in America—greater than that of Al Capone—and a man considered the best criminal defense lawyer of his era. Remus bought an empire of distilleries on Kentucky’s “Bourbon Trail” and used his other profession, as a pharmacist, to profit off legal loopholes. He spent millions bribing officials in the Harding Administration, and he created a roaring lifestyle that epitomized the Jazz Age over which he ruled. That is, before he came crashing down in one of the most sensational murder cases in American history: a cheating wife, the G-man who seduced her and put Remus in jail, and the plunder of a Bourbon Empire. Remus murdered his wife in cold-blood and then shocked a nation winning his freedom based on a condition he invented—temporary maniacal insanity. “The fantastic story of George Remus makes the rest of the “Roaring Twenties” look like the “Boring Twenties” in comparison.” ―David Pietrusza, author of 1920: The Year of the Six Presidents

Rock Solid

Author : Billy Stonewall Birt
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781680260427
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (64 download)

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Download or read book Rock Solid written by Billy Stonewall Birt and published by . This book was released on 2017-04-27 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The story of Georgia's 'Dixie Mafia' has never been told. At its core was one man and he was bigger than life. He was the author and enforcer of the rules that governed the entire organization. He set the standard of code that made the 'Dixie Mafia" impenetrable. And he was the one that anyone who broke that code would have to face. His name was Billy Sunday Birt and this is his story" --page 4 cover.

Stiffed

Author : William Knoedelseder
Publisher : HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 512 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Stiffed written by William Knoedelseder and published by HarperCollins Publishers. This book was released on 1993 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Like that great bestseller Indecent Exposure, this shocking expose is an epic that began with a small incident--an income tax investigation--which exploded to show the pervasive corruption of an entire industry. The investigation grew and expanded to involve the FBI, the Justice Department, extortion, counterfeiting, bribery, even murder. 8 pages of photos.

Takedown

Author : Rick Cowan
Publisher : Putnam Adult
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Takedown written by Rick Cowan and published by Putnam Adult. This book was released on 2002 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A NYPD detective describes his work as an undercover cop, in which role he infltrated a lethal mob cartel to uncover evidence of a conspiracy among the various mob families to extort billions of dollars from the nation's most influential corporations.

Kilo

Author : Toby Muse
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0062905317
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (629 download)

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Download or read book Kilo written by Toby Muse and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2020-03-24 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For fans of the Netflix show Narcos and readers of true crime, Kilo is a deeply reported account of life inside Colombia’s drug cartels, using unprecedented access in the cartels to trace a kilo of cocaine—from the fields where it is farmed, to the hit men who protect it, to the smuggling ships that bring it to American shores. "Toby Muse’s tautly written account of his intimate prowl through Colombia’s narco world is both compelling and unforgettable. With Kilo, cocaine now has its own Dispatches. Simply kickass.” — Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker and author of Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life Cocaine is glamour, sex and murder. From the badlands of Colombia, it stretches across the globe, seducing, corrupting and destroying. A product that must be produced, distributed, and protected, it is both a harbinger of violence and a source of immense wealth. Beginning in the jungles and mountains of Colombia, it filters down to countryside villages and the nightclubs of the cities, attracting money, sex, and death. Each step in the life of a kilo reveals a different criminal underworld with its own players, rules, and dangers, ranging from the bizarre to the diabolical. The killers, the drug-lords, all find themselves seduced by cocaine and trapped in her world. Seasoned war correspondent Toby Muse has witnessed each level of this underworld, fueled by the appetite for cocaine in America and Europe. In this riveting chronicle, he takes the reader inside Colombia’s notorious drug cartels to offer a never before look at the drug trade. Following a kilo of cocaine from its production in a clandestine laboratory to the smugglers who ship it abroad, he reveals the human lives behind the drug’s complicated legacy. Reporting on Colombia for the world’s most prestigious networks and publications, Muse gained unprecedented access to the extraordinary people who survive on the drug trade—farmers, smugglers, assassins—and the drug lords and their lovers controlling these multi-billion dollar enterprises. Uncovering stories of violence, sex, and money, he shows the allure and the madness of cocaine. And how the War on Drugs has been no match for cocaine. Piercing this veiled world, Kilo is a gripping portrait of a country struggling to end this deadly trade even as the riches flow. A human portrait of criminals and the shocking details of their lives, Kilo is a chilling, unforgettable story that takes you deep into the belly of the beast. Kilo includes 16 pages of photographs.

The Nearly Forgotten History of Portland, Kentucky

Author : James Higdon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780989754484
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (544 download)

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Download or read book The Nearly Forgotten History of Portland, Kentucky written by James Higdon and published by . This book was released on 2018-09-25 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Moonshine Nation

Author : Mark Spivak
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1493012460
Total Pages : 291 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book Moonshine Nation written by Mark Spivak and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2014-07-15 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Moonshine is corn whiskey, traditionally made in improvised stills throughout the Appalachian South. While quality varied from one producer to another, the whiskey had one thing in common: It was illegal because the distiller refused to pay taxes to the US government. Many moonshiners were descendants of Scots-Irish immigrants who had fought in the original Whiskey Rebellion in the early 1790s. They brought their knowledge of distilling with them to America along with a profound sense of independence and a refusal to submit to government authority. Today many Southern states have relaxed their laws and now allow the legal production of moonshine—provided that taxes are paid. Yet many modern moonshiners retain deep links to their bootlegging heritage. Moonshine Nation is the story of moonshine’s history and origins alongside profiles of modern moonshiners—and a collection of drink recipes from each.

Saltwater Cowboy

Author : Tim McBride
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1250051282
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Saltwater Cowboy written by Tim McBride and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2015-04-07 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recounts how the author, a Wisconsin native and Florida crab fisherman, was unwittingly recruited into a band of marijuana smugglers and eventually became the boss of a multi-million-dollar ring.

Dirty Liar

Author : K. B. Winters
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781542487719
Total Pages : 378 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (877 download)

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Download or read book Dirty Liar written by K. B. Winters and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-01-10 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I'm a feckin' O'Brien. You know what that means? No one messes with me. I'm the head of the O'Brien syndicate and my only obligation is to the family. Until Ava. The curvy lass with a body made for sin. Ava is brilliant and beautiful and wears a suit of armor so thick, I crave to get a look inside. But I'm hiding a dangerous secret-a dirty lie-and come to find out, she has one of her own. I'm forced between a rock and a hard place and I have to make a choice- Killing her would protect my family...but pulling the trigger would destroy me.