{"product_id":"9781939521088","title":"Buccaneer: The Provocative Odyssey of Jack Reed - Adventurer, Drug Smuggler and Pilot Extraordinaire","description":"Book Award WINNER 2016 Hollywood Book Festival Wild Card category;\u003cbr\u003eRUNNER-UP 2017 San Francisco Book Festival Awards Wild Card category;\u003cbr\u003eNational SILVER MEDALIST True Crime in the 2016 Independent Publisher Book Awards;\u003cbr\u003e2017 Book Excellence Awards- Finalist True Crime;\u003cbr\u003eHonorable Mention Non-Fiction Drama 2016 Readers' Favorite International Book Awards;\u003cbr\u003eFinalist Biography Non-Fiction category of the 2015 Readers' Favorite International Book Awards, \u003cbr\u003eand True Crime Non-Fiction category of the 2014 USA Best Book Awards. \u003cp\u003eNot your typical cocaine cowboy! Buccaneer is the stimulating true account of the life and times of Jack Reed, an All-American boy turned drug smuggler; turned Robinson Crusoe, then prison inmate. For the first time, Jack Reed discloses his extraordinary, tabooed journey as a high flying international cocaine smuggler and personal pilot for Carlos Lehder, partner to Pablo Escobar of the Medellin Cartel. Reed flew drug runs for Lehder who handled transportation, while Colombian drug lord Escobar handled production and supply. Lehder's cocaine transport empire was based at Norman's Cay, an out island in the Bahamas. Having gained notoriety in the late 70s as a staging point for drug smuggling, Norman's Cay was immortalized in Blow, a 2001 motion picture starring Johnny Depp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReed lands in court as Lehder's co-defendant in the longest running drug trial in U.S. history. A non-violent offender, Reed becomes the victim of a tragic judicial sentencing mistake. Tired of being hounded by media, Reed denied all interviews until pilot\/journalist MayCay Beeler contacted him in prison. At that time, she had no idea she would become his coauthor and a character in his infamous life story with twist of fate ending.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"He refused to talk to cops and press- until me. In our book, which was a collaborative work at the end of Reed's life, Reed breaks his silence about his alleged role in Pablo Escobar's Medellin Drug Cartel, and his stunning punishment for refusing to snitch on best friend Lehder in the courtroom. This biography features shocking judicial misconduct; a historic drug trial; and the first drug lord extradited to the United States. Reed's controversial story will stun you. It has never been given to any other journalist.\"- MayCay Beeler\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFind out why Reed gave it up to Beeler in this gripping multi\u003cbr\u003eAward-Winning best-selling true crime book: \"Buccaneer-\u003cbr\u003eThe Provocative Odyssey of Jack Reed- Adventurer, Drug Smuggler and Pilot\u003cbr\u003eExtraordinaire\" from publisher Strategic Media Books. Get out your hankies- the surprise ending will make you weep and smile. You will believe in destiny. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFans of Netflix Narcos, Cocaine Cowboys and American Made movies may be surprised by this raw, bold and honest personal true account. Not what media led us to believe. \"Buccaneer\" is a true story that does not blur fact with fiction. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Strategic Media Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47049197945072,"sku":"9781939521088","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781939521088_p0.jpg?v=1763666234","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781939521088","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}