The Jones Men - Softcover

Smith, Vern E.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0989141187 ISBN 13: 9780989141185

Publisher: Rosarium Publishing, 2014

Synopsis

An all-out drug war explodes in 1970s Detroit when a young Vietnam veteran decides to rip off heroin kingpin Willis McDaniel. In the chaos, rival outfits, the Mafia, and even junkies themselves try to step in to fill the void while one lone assassin tries to hunt them all down—and one determined cop tries to stop it all.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Rosarium Publishing
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0989141187
• ISBN 13: 9780989141185
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 252