Items related to Prisoner of War: The Story of White Boy Rick and the...
Synopsis
What authoritative voices are saying about Prisoner of War: The Story of White Boy Rick and the War on Drugs:
“Meticulously researched and brutally honest. It tells the true story of White Boy Rick.”
—Ret. FBI Agent Herman Groman—Rick’s “handler” as an informant.
“With all of the ‘based on’ fluff and feathers coming out of Hollywood, Wade tells the true story of Richard Wershe, Jr., and how he landed behind bars for 30+ years. As usual, fact is more devastating that fiction.”
—Ralph Musilli, White Boy Rick Wershe’s longtime criminal appeals lawyer
The tale of a Detroit boy recruited by the FBI—at age 14—to be a paid informant against a politically-connected drug gang is so amazing it inspired a Hollywood film—White Boy Rick—starring Matthew McConaughey as the teen’s father.
What kind of father would take FBI cash to let his youngest child be an undercover operative in the murderous drug underworld? This book answers the question.
White Boy Rick became the Detroit FBI’s most productive drug informant of the ‘80s, but as the book explains, things went awry amid FBI misdeeds. Rick tried to become a cocaine wholesaler, got caught and has spent 30 years behind bars. He became a Prisoner of War: The War on Drugs. Rick Wershe is the central character in a wide-ranging exploration of the nearly half-century trillion-dollar policy failure known as the War on Drugs. It explains “testilying”, the widespread perjury felony committed by the police in pursuit of drug felonies, it examines CIA pressure to get charges dropped in a Detroit drug case and it shows how a basketball star’s drug death led to mass incarceration.
Order a copy of Prisoner of War and explore the appalling truth from the trenches of the War on Drugs.
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
- PublisherWade Multimedia LLC
- Publication date2018
- ISBN 10 0692995706
- ISBN 13 9780692995709
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages400
- Rating
Buy New
View this item
US$ 27.92
Shipping:
US$ 12.96
From United Kingdom to U.S.A.
Search results for Prisoner of War: The Story of White Boy Rick and the...
Stock Image
Prisoner of War: The Story of White Boy Rick and the War on Drugs
Published by
Wade Multimedia LLC (edition ), 2018
ISBN 10: 0692995706
ISBN 13: 9780692995709
Used
Paperback
Seller: BooksRun, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Paperback. Condition: Fair. Ship within 24hrs. Satisfaction 100% guaranteed. APO/FPO addresses supported. Seller Inventory # 0692995706-7-1
Quantity: 1 available
Stock Image
Prisoner of War : The Story of White Boy Rick and the War on Drugs
Seller: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Condition: Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages. Seller Inventory # 39468082-6
Quantity: 1 available
Stock Image
Prisoner of War: The Story of White Boy Rick and the War on Drugs
Seller: ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.15. Seller Inventory # G0692995706I5N01
Quantity: 1 available
Stock Image
Prisoner of War: The Story of White Boy Rick and the War on Drugs
Seller: beneton, Millsboro, DE, U.S.A.
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
paperback. Condition: Very Good. p. Seller Inventory # 240920010
Quantity: 1 available
Stock Image
Prisoner of War: The Story of White Boy Rick and the War on Drugs
Seller: cornacres, Columbia, MO, U.S.A.
Seller rating 3 out of 5 stars
Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. NEAR FINE CONDITION, all clean pages, softcover, Prisoner of War: The Story of White Boy Rick and the War on Drugs, by Vince Wade, pub. Wade Multimedia LLC. Seller Inventory # SKU1023558
Quantity: 1 available
Stock Image
Prisoner of War: The Story of White Boy Rick and the War on Drugs
Seller: The Book Exchange, Macclesfield, United Kingdom
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 9780692995709. Softcover. Not ex. library. 392 pages, index. The tale of a Detroit boy recruited by the FBI to be a paid informant against a politically connected drug gang inspired a Hollywood film starring Matthew McConaughey. What kind of father would take FBI cash to let his youngest child be an undercover operative in the murderous drug underworld? This book answers the question. Contents clean, and bright. Book. Seller Inventory # 034959
Quantity: 1 available
Stock Image
Prisoner of War: The Story of White Boy Rick and the War on Drugs
Seller: Book Deals, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Condition: Fine. Like New condition. Great condition, but not exactly fully crisp. The book may have been opened and read, but there are no defects to the book, jacket or pages. 1.1. Seller Inventory # 353-0692995706-lkn
Quantity: 1 available
Stock Image
Prisoner of War: The Story of White Boy Rick and the War on Drugs
Seller: Revaluation Books, Exeter, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 400 pages. 8.50x5.50x0.91 inches. In Stock. Seller Inventory # zk0692995706
Quantity: 1 available