Black Tuna Diaries

Most of the action in Platshorn’s story takes place mainly in the 1970s, the beginnings in Philadelphia and the nearby areas, and then stretches to the Midwest, Florida, South and Central America, and Europe and England, and comes full circle back to Florida. It’s a story of cowboys and cops, of pot and police, and one man’s not so small (but not nearly as big as the federales made it out to be) pot haul. Platshorn paid the price, with more than three decades spent behind bars, which is more time than they give murderers today. Nearly half one’s life for something as innocuous as weed. That’s the real crime. The book also contains portions covering his earlier life as an actor, pitchman, bullfighter, and entrepreneur — and his most recent life, nearly three decades in prison.