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This streetwise novel chronicles the rise and fall of Lennie Jack, a twenty-six-year-old Vietnam veteran and mid-level heroin dealer itching to knock the powerful Willis McDaniel off his perch as the number-one drug kingpin. It plunges the reader into the subculture of addicts, dealers, and corrupt cops as Lennie Jack's bold and methodical challenge builds to a frightening climax.
About the Author
Vern E. Smith formerly served as the Atlanta Bureau chief and as a national correspondent for Newsweek. As a principal reporter with Newsweek's Special Projects Unit, he contributed to four cover stories later published as books. One of the stories, “Charlie Co.: What Vietnam Did to Us,” won the 1981 National Magazine Award for Single Issue Topic. He also served as a principal reporter and blogger for the 2004 Voices of Civil Rights oral history project, which is permanently housed in the Library of Congress. His work has also appeared in Emerge, the London Sunday Times, Ebony, GEO, the Crisis magazine, Merian magazine, and the History Channel Magazine.
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- PublisherRegnery
- Publication date1974
- ISBN 10 0809283069
- ISBN 13 9780809283064
- BindingLoose Leaf
- Edition number1
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Chicago, IL: Henry Regnery (1974) 1st edition (No additional printings indicated). 8vo, 287 pp. Red cloth covers with silver titles are strong and straight. Pages are clean, no names or remainder markings, not Ex-Library. Unclipped DJ ($7.95) with light edgewear, closed tear on spine and a small piece of the surface lamination peeled from right front corner, protected by archival mylar jacket. Powerful novel about the drug sub-culture of America's ghettos. Book and DJ condition: VG. Books are shipped quickly and securely packed in a box. Seller Inventory # 1729
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. pp: 287. FIRST EDITION. The author's first novel. Vern Emile Smith was a Newsweek correspondent in Detroit. He won the Detroit Press Club Foundation's annual magazine writing award for a Newsweek article entitled "Detroit's Heroin Subculture." This piece was his inspiration for the novel, The Jones Men. He is considered a pioneer as a Black correspondent who held several significant positions during his career. This is a near fine copy, still in unread condition, in a near fine dust jacket with light edge wear, and one short, closed tear. Seller Inventory # 007089
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