The wireless operator the untold story of the British sailor who invented the modern drug trade
"Government agencies and rival factions were closing in. His look-alike had already fallen victim to professional hitmen and his once-powerful allies in Cuban intelligence and the DEA could no longer guarantee his safety. How did a boy from Manchester revolutionize thecriminal world and become the l...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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London :
Icon Books Ltd,
2025.
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| Summary: | "Government agencies and rival factions were closing in. His look-alike had already fallen victim to professional hitmen and his once-powerful allies in Cuban intelligence and the DEA could no longer guarantee his safety. How did a boy from Manchester revolutionize thecriminal world and become the largest marijuana trafficker in history? This is the never-before-told story of Harold Derber, the debonair British Merchant Navy veteran who invented the modern drug trade with his groundbreaking invention : the drug mothership. Through hisghost fleet of drug ships, Derber eventually become the chief supplier of marijuana to post-war America. This gripping true tale follows Derber from humble beginnings in Manchester, England to his assassination in the sun-kissed streets of Miami. Along the way, Derber's story takes in some of the most significant events of the twentieth century -- the Second World War's Battle of the Atlantic, the Cuban Revolution and the murky shadows of the Cold War. Shedding light on a litany of plots including arms and refugee smuggling, large-scale stock fraud and Derber's rise to the pinnacle of the drug world, this remarkable transatlantic story paints a complex picture of a singular figure and brings his extraordinary life into focus for the first time."-- |
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| Physical Description: | xviii, 269 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-269). |
| ISBN: | 9781837732456 1837732450 |
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