{"product_id":"2940169872750","title":"The Cornbread Mafia: A Homegrown Syndicate's Code of Silence and the Biggest Marijuana Bust in American History","description":"\u003c!---[if gte mso 9]--\u003e\u003cxml\u003e\u003c\/xml\u003eIn the summer of 1987, Johnny Boone set out to grow and\u003cbr\u003eharvest one of the greatest outdoor marijuana crops in modern times. In doing\u003cbr\u003eso, he set into motion a series of events that defined him and his associates\u003cbr\u003eas the largest homegrown marijuana syndicate in American history, also known as\u003cbr\u003ethe Cornbread Mafia.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eAuthor James Higdon-whose relationship with Johnny Boone,\u003cbr\u003ecurrently a federal fugitive, made him the first journalist subpoenaed under\u003cbr\u003ethe Obama administration-takes listeners back to the 1970s and '80s and the\u003cbr\u003eclash between federal and local law enforcement and a band of Kentucky farmers\u003cbr\u003ewith moonshine and pride in their bloodlines. By 1989 the task force assigned\u003cbr\u003eto take down men like Johnny Boone had arrested sixty-nine men and one woman from\u003cbr\u003ebusts on twenty-nine farms in ten states, and seized two hundred tons of pot.\u003cbr\u003eOf the seventy individuals arrested, zero talked. How it all went down is a\u003cbr\u003etale of Mafia-style storylines emanating from the Bluegrass State, and\u003cbr\u003epopulated by Vietnam veterans and weed-loving characters caught up in\u003cbr\u003eTarantino-level violence and heart-breaking altruism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eAccompanied by a backdrop of rock-and-roll and\u003cbr\u003erhythm-and-blues, this work of dogged investigative journalism and history is\u003cbr\u003etold by Higdon in action-packed, colorful and riveting detail.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tantor Audio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47179256922352,"sku":"2940169872750","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169872750_p0.jpg?v=1763696248","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169872750","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}