Bild 1 von 2
Galerie
Bild 1 von 2
Jackpot: High Times, High Seas, And The ..., Jason Ryan
US $7,99
Ca.CHF 6,57
Artikelzustand:
Sehr gut
Buch, das nicht neu aussieht und gelesen wurde, sich aber in einem hervorragenden Zustand befindet. Der Einband weist keine offensichtlichen Beschädigungen auf. Bei gebundenen Büchern ist der Schutzumschlag vorhanden (sofern zutreffend). Alle Seiten sind vollständig vorhanden, es gibt keine zerknitterten oder eingerissenen Seiten und im Text oder im Randbereich wurden keine Unterstreichungen, Markierungen oder Notizen vorgenommen. Der Inneneinband kann minimale Gebrauchsspuren aufweisen. Minimale Gebrauchsspuren. Genauere Einzelheiten sowie eine Beschreibung eventueller Mängel entnehmen Sie bitte dem Angebot des Verkäufers.
Oops! Looks like we're having trouble connecting to our server.
Refresh your browser window to try again.
Versand:
Kostenlos USPS Media MailTM.
Standort: Montgomery Illinois, USA
Lieferung:
Lieferung zwischen Mi, 11. Jun und Sa, 14. Jun nach 94104 bei heutigem Zahlungseingang
Rücknahme:
30 Tage Rückgabe. Verkäufer zahlt Rückversand.
Zahlungen:
Sicher einkaufen
Der Verkäufer ist für dieses Angebot verantwortlich.
eBay-Artikelnr.:276975857306
Artikelmerkmale
- Artikelzustand
- ISBN
- 0762780304
- EAN
- 9780762780303
- Publication Name
- N/A
- Type
- Paperback
- Release Title
- Jackpot: High Times, High Seas, And The Sting That Launched Th...
- Artist
- Jason Ryan
- Brand
- N/A
- Colour
- N/A
Über dieses Produkt
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Globe Pequot Press, T.H.E.
ISBN-10
0762780304
ISBN-13
9780762780303
eBay Product ID (ePID)
99576860
Product Key Features
Book Title
Jackpot : High Times, High Seas, and the Sting That Launched the War on Drugs
Number of Pages
320 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2012
Topic
Entheogens & Visionary Substances, United States / 20th Century, General, Law Enforcement, Criminology
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Body, Mind & Spirit, Political Science, True Crime, Social Science, History
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Weight
13 Oz
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Width
5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
Endorsement of The Day: A Great Book About the Early Years of the War on Weed …. Before Juarez was a war zone, before coke-rich Colombia was the hostage capital of the world, and before an ex-B-movie actor with a good haircut declared War on Drugs, a group of wayward Southern gentlemen yachted the globe with unseen amounts of marijuana and hashish, and did it with style. The adventures, the long-gone economy, and the sting that ultimately brought them down and changed US drug policy are meticulously documented and lucidly spun by reporter Jason Ryan in Jackpot …. Part New Yorker feature-part Jimmy Buffet song. . . . The result is adventuresome, lavish, informative fun. Try it. You'll like it." — GQ Over the course of Jackpot 's rollicking story, Ryan manages to pack in one amusing tale after another: the day after a shipment, the crew stumbles upon a bale of marijuana accidentally left on the side of the road; they pilot a pot-filled sailboat that is taking on water all the way back from Jamaica; … they help U.S. forces during the invasion of Grenada, earning one trafficker, Bob ‘The Boss' Byers, the nickname rocket launcher.... Jackpot is a rip-roaring good read." — Charleston City Paper High times on the high seas: Investigative reporter Ryan recounts the glory days of dope smuggling and their terrible denouement.... The protagonists are, in the main, decent and hardworking guys who just happen to be engaged in something very illegal—a trade that, as Ryan notes, is an ancient one along the South Carolina coast, where contraband smuggling is a big intergenerational business, whether of cigarettes, booze or pot. The principals of the story long enjoyed a place at the top of the smuggling pyramid, landing, in one year, more than 30,000 pounds of marijuana in three moves alone.... A well-told tale of true crime that provides a few good arguments for why it should not be a crime at all." —Kirkus Reviews [A] thoroughly researched account of Operation Jackpot, the drug investigation that ended the reign of South Carolina's ‘gentlemen smugglers,' marijuana kingpins who kick-started Reagan's war on drugs.... Ryan recreates the era with a vivid, sun-drenched intensity." — Publishers Weekly Mr. Ryan has hit the jackpot with this tale of drug smuggling on the high seas. . . . [ Jackpot ] reads like an international thriller. . . . chock-a-block with hilarious and hair-raising anecdotes of fast times." —Sam Millar, New York Journal of Books, " Endorsement of The Day: A Great Book About the Early Years of the War on Weed …. Before Juarez was a war zone, before coke-rich Colombia was the hostage capital of the world, and before an ex-B-movie actor with a good haircut declared War on Drugs, a group of wayward Southern gentlemen yachted the globe with unseen amounts of marijuana and hashish, and did it with style. The adventures, the long-gone economy, and the sting that ultimately brought them down and changed US drug policy are meticulously documented and lucidly spun by reporter Jason Ryan in Jackpot …. Part New Yorker feature-part Jimmy Buffett song. . . . The result is adventuresome, lavish, informative fun. Try it. You'll like it." - GQ "Over the course of Jackpot 's rollicking story, Ryan manages to pack in one amusing tale after another: the day after a shipment, the crew stumbles upon a bale of marijuana accidentally left on the side of the road; they pilot a pot-filled sailboat that is taking on water all the way back from Jamaica; … they help U.S. forces during the invasion of Grenada, earning one trafficker, Bob 'The Boss' Byers, the nickname rocket launcher.... Jackpot is a rip-roaring good read." - Charleston City Paper "High times on the high seas: Investigative reporter Ryan recounts the glory days of dope smuggling and their terrible denouement.... The protagonists are, in the main, decent and hardworking guys who just happen to be engaged in something very illegal-a trade that, as Ryan notes, is an ancient one along the South Carolina coast, where contraband smuggling is a big intergenerational business, whether of cigarettes, booze or pot. The principals of the story long enjoyed a place at the top of the smuggling pyramid, landing, in one year, more than 30,000 pounds of marijuana in three moves alone.... A well-told tale of true crime that provides a few good arguments for why it should not be a crime at all." -Kirkus Reviews "[A] thoroughly researched account of Operation Jackpot, the drug investigation that ended the reign of South Carolina's 'gentlemen smugglers,' marijuana kingpins who kick-started Reagan's war on drugs.... Ryan recreates the era with a vivid, sun-drenched intensity." - Publishers Weekly "Mr. Ryan has hit the jackpot with this tale of drug smuggling on the high seas. . . . [ Jackpot ] reads like an international thriller. . . . chock-a-block with hilarious and hair-raising anecdotes of fast times." -Sam Millar, New York Journal of Books, " Endorsement of The Day: A Great Book About the Early Years of the War on Weed .... Before Juarez was a war zone, before coke-rich Colombia was the hostage capital of the world, and before an ex-B-movie actor with a good haircut declared War on Drugs, a group of wayward Southern gentlemen yachted the globe with unseen amounts of marijuana and hashish, and did it with style. The adventures, the long-gone economy, and the sting that ultimately brought them down and changed US drug policy are meticulously documented and lucidly spun by reporter Jason Ryan in Jackpot .... Part New Yorker feature-part Jimmy Buffett song. . . . The result is adventuresome, lavish, informative fun. Try it. You'll like it." -- GQ "Over the course of Jackpot 's rollicking story, Ryan manages to pack in one amusing tale after another: the day after a shipment, the crew stumbles upon a bale of marijuana accidentally left on the side of the road; they pilot a pot-filled sailboat that is taking on water all the way back from Jamaica; ... they help U.S. forces during the invasion of Grenada, earning one trafficker, Bob 'The Boss' Byers, the nickname rocket launcher.... Jackpot is a rip-roaring good read." -- Charleston City Paper "High times on the high seas: Investigative reporter Ryan recounts the glory days of dope smuggling and their terrible denouement.... The protagonists are, in the main, decent and hardworking guys who just happen to be engaged in something very illegal--a trade that, as Ryan notes, is an ancient one along the South Carolina coast, where contraband smuggling is a big intergenerational business, whether of cigarettes, booze or pot. The principals of the story long enjoyed a place at the top of the smuggling pyramid, landing, in one year, more than 30,000 pounds of marijuana in three moves alone.... A well-told tale of true crime that provides a few good arguments for why it should not be a crime at all." --Kirkus Reviews "[A] thoroughly researched account of Operation Jackpot, the drug investigation that ended the reign of South Carolina's 'gentlemen smugglers,' marijuana kingpins who kick-started Reagan's war on drugs.... Ryan recreates the era with a vivid, sun-drenched intensity." -- Publishers Weekly "Mr. Ryan has hit the jackpot with this tale of drug smuggling on the high seas. . . . [ Jackpot ] reads like an international thriller. . . . chock-a-block with hilarious and hair-raising anecdotes of fast times." --Sam Millar, New York Journal of Books, "Endorsement of The Day: A Great Book About the Early Years of the War on Weed.... Before Juarez was a war zone, before coke-rich Colombia was the hostage capital of the world, and before an ex-B-movie actor with a good haircut declared War on Drugs, a group of wayward Southern gentlemen yachted the globe with unseen amounts of marijuana and hashish, and did it with style. The adventures, the long-gone economy, and the sting that ultimately brought them down and changed US drug policy are meticulously documented and lucidly spun by reporter Jason Ryan in Jackpot.... Part New Yorker feature-part Jimmy Buffett song. . . . The result is adventuresome, lavish, informative fun. Try it. You'll like it." --GQ "Over the course of Jackpot's rollicking story, Ryan manages to pack in one amusing tale after another: the day after a shipment, the crew stumbles upon a bale of marijuana accidentally left on the side of the road; they pilot a pot-filled sailboat that is taking on water all the way back from Jamaica; ... they help U.S. forces during the invasion of Grenada, earning one trafficker, Bob 'The Boss' Byers, the nickname rocket launcher.... Jackpot is a rip-roaring good read." --Charleston City Paper "High times on the high seas: Investigative reporter Ryan recounts the glory days of dope smuggling and their terrible denouement.... The protagonists are, in the main, decent and hardworking guys who just happen to be engaged in something very illegal--a trade that, as Ryan notes, is an ancient one along the South Carolina coast, where contraband smuggling is a big intergenerational business, whether of cigarettes, booze or pot. The principals of the story long enjoyed a place at the top of the smuggling pyramid, landing, in one year, more than 30,000 pounds of marijuana in three moves alone.... A well-told tale of true crime that provides a few good arguments for why it should not be a crime at all." --Kirkus Reviews "[A] thoroughly researched account of Operation Jackpot, the drug investigation that ended the reign of South Carolina's 'gentlemen smugglers,' marijuana kingpins who kick-started Reagan's war on drugs.... Ryan recreates the era with a vivid, sun-drenched intensity." --Publishers Weekly "Mr. Ryan has hit the jackpot with this tale of drug smuggling on the high seas. . . . [Jackpot] reads like an international thriller. . . . chock-a-block with hilarious and hair-raising anecdotes of fast times." --Sam Millar, New York Journal of Books
Dewey Decimal
363.450973
Synopsis
In the late 1970s and early '80s, a cadre of freewheeling, Southern pot smugglers lived at the crossroads of Miami Vice and a Jimmy Buffett song. These irrepressible adventurers unloaded nearly a billion dollars worth of marijuana and hashish through the eastern seaboard's marshes. Then came their undoing: Operation Jackpot, one of the largest drug investigations ever and an opening volley in Ronald Reagan's War on Drugs. In Jackpot , author Jason Ryan takes us back to the heady days before drug smuggling was synonymous with deadly gunplay. During this golden age of marijuana trafficking, the country's most prominent kingpins were a group of wayward and fun-loving Southern gentlemen who forsook college educations to sail drug-laden luxury sailboats across the Mediterranean, the Atlantic, and the Caribbean. Les Riley, Barry Foy, and their comrades eschewed violence as much as they loved pleasure, and it was greed, lust, and disaster at sea that ultimately caught up with them, along with the law. In a cat-and-mouse game played out in exotic locations across the globe, the smugglers sailed through hurricanes, broke out of jail and survived encounters with armed militants in Colombia, Grenada and Lebanon. Based on years of research and interviews with imprisoned and recently released smugglers and the law enforcement agents who tracked them down, Jackpot is sure to become a classic story from America's controversial Drug Wars. "The adventures, the long-gone economy, and the sting that ultimately brought them down and changed US drug policy are meticulously documented and lucidly spun.... Part New Yorker feature-part Jimmy Buffet song. . . . The result is adventuresome, lavish, informative fun." -- GQ "[A] rollicking story, Ryan manages to pack in one amusing tale after another.... Jackpot is a rip-roaring good read." -- Charleston City Paper "High times on the high seas: Investigative reporter Ryan recounts the glory days of dope smuggling and their terrible denouement.... A well-told tale of true crime that provides a few good arguments for why it should not be a crime at all." --Kirkus Reviews "Reads like an international thriller. . . . chock-a-block with hilarious and hair-raising anecdotes of fast times." -- New York Journal of Books "[A] thoroughly researched account of Operation Jackpot, the drug investigation that ended the reign of South Carolina's 'gentlemen smugglers,'.... Ryan recreates the era with a vivid, sun-drenched intensity." -- Publishers Weekly, In the late 1970s and early '80s, a cadre of freewheeling, Southern pot smugglers lived at the crossroads of Miami Vice and a Jimmy Buffett song. These irrepressible adventurers unloaded nearly a billion dollars worth of marijuana and hashish through the eastern seaboard's marshes. Then came their undoing: Operation Jackpot, one of the largest drug investigations ever and an opening volley in Ronald Reagan's War on Drugs. In Jackpot, author Jason Ryan takes us back to the heady days before drug smuggling was synonymous with deadly gunplay. During this golden age of marijuana trafficking, the country's most prominent kingpins were a group of wayward and fun-loving Southern gentlemen who forsook college educations to sail drug-laden luxury sailboats across the Mediterranean, the Atlantic, and the Caribbean. Les Riley, Barry Foy, and their comrades eschewed violence as much as they loved pleasure, and it was greed, lust, and disaster at sea that ultimately caught up with them, along with the law. In a cat-and-mouse game played out in exotic locations across the globe, the smugglers sailed through hurricanes, broke out of jail and survived encounters with armed militants in Colombia, Grenada and Lebanon. Based on years of research and interviews with imprisoned and recently released smugglers and the law enforcement agents who tracked them down, Jackpot is sure to become a classic story from America's controversial Drug Wars. "The adventures, the long-gone economy, and the sting that ultimately brought them down and changed US drug policy are meticulously documented and lucidly spun.... Part New Yorker feature-part Jimmy Buffet song. . . . The result is adventuresome, lavish, informative fun." --GQ " A] rollicking story, Ryan manages to pack in one amusing tale after another.... Jackpot is a rip-roaring good read." --Charleston City Paper "High times on the high seas: Investigative reporter Ryan recounts the glory days of dope smuggling and their terrible denouement.... A well-told tale of true crime that provides a few good arguments for why it should not be a crime at all." --Kirkus Reviews "Reads like an international thriller. . . . chock-a-block with hilarious and hair-raising anecdotes of fast times." --New York Journal of Books " A] thoroughly researched account of Operation Jackpot, the drug investigation that ended the reign of South Carolina's 'gentlemen smugglers, '.... Ryan recreates the era with a vivid, sun-drenched intensity." --Publishers Weekly, In the late 1970s and early '80s, a cadre of freewheeling, Southern pot smugglers lived at the crossroads of Miami Vice and a Jimmy Buffett song. These irrepressible adventurers unloaded nearly a billion dollars worth of marijuana and hashish through the eastern seaboard's marshes. Then came their undoing: Operation Jackpot, one of the largest drug investigations ever and an opening volley in Ronald Reagan's War on Drugs. In Jackpot, author Jason Ryan takes us back to the heady days before drug smuggling was synonymous with deadly gunplay. During this golden age of marijuana trafficking, the country's most prominent kingpins were a group of wayward and fun-loving Southern gentlemen who forsook college educations to sail drug-laden luxury sailboats across the Mediterranean, the Atlantic, and the Caribbean. Les Riley, Barry Foy, and their comrades eschewed violence as much as they loved pleasure, and it was greed, lust, and disaster at sea that ultimately caught up with them, along with the law. In a cat-and-mouse game played out in exotic locations across the globe, the smugglers sailed through hurricanes, broke out of jail and survived encounters with armed militants in Colombia, Grenada and Lebanon. Based on years of research and interviews with imprisoned and recently released smugglers and the law enforcement agents who tracked them down, Jackpot is sure to become a classic story from America's controversial Drug Wars. "The adventures, the long-gone economy, and the sting that ultimately brought them down and changed US drug policy are meticulously documented and lucidly spun.... Part New Yorker feature-part Jimmy Buffet song. . . . The result is adventuresome, lavish, informative fun." --GQ "[A] rollicking story, Ryan manages to pack in one amusing tale after another.... Jackpot is a rip-roaring good read." --Charleston City Paper "High times on the high seas: Investigative reporter Ryan recounts the glory days of dope smuggling and their terrible denouement.... A well-told tale of true crime that provides a few good arguments for why it should not be a crime at all." --Kirkus Reviews "Reads like an international thriller. . . . chock-a-block with hilarious and hair-raising anecdotes of fast times." --New York Journal of Books "[A] thoroughly researched account of Operation Jackpot, the drug investigation that ended the reign of South Carolina's 'gentlemen smugglers,'.... Ryan recreates the era with a vivid, sun-drenched intensity." --Publishers Weekly, Author Jason Ryan takes us back to the heady days before drug smuggling was synonymous with deadly gunplay. During this golden age of marijuana trafficking, the country's most prominent kingpins were a group of wayward and fun-loving Southern gentlemen who forsook college educations to sail drug-laden luxury sailboats across the Mediterranean, the Atlantic, and the Caribbean.
Artikelbeschreibung des Verkäufers
Info zu diesem Verkäufer
worldofbooksinc
97,7% positive Bewertungen•1.1 Mio. Artikel verkauft
Angemeldet als gewerblicher Verkäufer
Verkäuferbewertungen (264'052)
Dieser Artikel (1)
Alle Artikel (264'052)
- g***i (2719)- Bewertung vom Käufer.Letzter MonatBestätigter KaufGreat transaction! Thank you.
- k***k (3509)- Bewertung vom Käufer.Letzter MonatBestätigter KaufNice item and transaction, thanks!!!
- i***i (1394)- Bewertung vom Käufer.Letzter MonatBestätigter KaufGreat transaction. A++
- m***x (393)- Bewertung vom Käufer.Letzter MonatBestätigter KaufGood condition fast shipping- thank you!
Noch mehr entdecken:
- Tim-und-Struppi Hörbücher und Hörspiele,
- Tim-Mälzer-Sachbuch Bücher,
- Tim-und-Struppi Hörbücher und Hörspiele,
- Tim-und-Struppi Hörbücher und Hörspiele auf Deutsch,
- Tim-Mälzer-Sachbuch Bücher übers Kochen,
- Tim-Mälzer-Kochbücher-Sachbuch Bücher übers Kochen,
- The Face Zeitschriften,
- Erwachsene Masters of the Universe Hörbücher und Hörspiele,
- Masters of the Universe Buchreihe Hörbücher und Hörspiele auf Deutsch,
- Masters of the Universe Jugendliche Hörbücher und Hörspiele
worldofbooksinc
97,7% positive Bewertungen•1.1 Mio. Artikel verkauft
Angemeldet als gewerblicher Verkäufer
Verkäuferbewertungen (264'052)
Dieser Artikel (1)
Alle Artikel (264'052)
- g***i (2719)- Bewertung vom Käufer.Letzter MonatBestätigter KaufGreat transaction! Thank you.
- k***k (3509)- Bewertung vom Käufer.Letzter MonatBestätigter KaufNice item and transaction, thanks!!!
- i***i (1394)- Bewertung vom Käufer.Letzter MonatBestätigter KaufGreat transaction. A++
- m***x (393)- Bewertung vom Käufer.Letzter MonatBestätigter KaufGood condition fast shipping- thank you!