MR. UNTOUCHABLE. The Rise, Fall, and Resurrection of Heroin's Teflon Don

Barnes, Leroy and Tom Folsom

ISBN 10: 159071041X / ISBN 13: 9781590710418

Published by Rugged Land, LLC, New York, 2007

About this Item

1st edition, 2007. A Near Fine book in a Near Fine dust jacket. 8vo., 308 pp., bound in publishers decorated white paper covered boards with photo illustrated dust jacket. Minor signs of shelf wear only. Dust jacket now protected in mylar sleeve.

Seller Inventory # 34121

Bibliographic Details

• Title: MR. UNTOUCHABLE. The Rise, Fall, and Resurrection of Heroin's Teflon Don
• Publisher: Rugged Land, LLC, New York
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 159071041X
• ISBN 13: 9781590710418
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st edition.
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Biography & Autobiography
  • True Crime
  • History

About this title

Synopsis

From inside the Federal Witness Protection Program, the "Black Godfather" explains how he went from being a small-time hustler and heroin addict to the one gangster that the Feds cannot touch.

About the Author

LEROY "NICKY" BARNES is the most famous black syndicated drug lord in history. Convicted of narcotics conspiracy in 1977 by the nation's first anonymous jury. Released in 1998 with a recommendation for parole from U.S. attorney Rudolph Giuliani in his file, Barnes's landmark cooperation with the U.S. Government served to indict over fifty major drug traffickers. An inspiration for a hit song ("Bad, Bad, Leroy Brown"), a slew of films (Live and Let Die, New Jack City and Pulp Fiction) and a generation of hip-hop artists, he is currently in the Federal Witness Protection Program.

TOM FOLSOM is a producer and director of documentary films. His work has appeared on A&E, MSNBC and Showtime. He lives in New York City.