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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| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The wireless operator : |b the untold story of the British sailor who invented the modern drug trade / |c David Tuch. |
| 264 | 1 | |a London : |b Icon Books Ltd, |c 2025. | |
| 264 | 4 | |c Ã2025 | |
| 300 | |a xviii, 269 pages : |b illustrations ; |c 25 cm | ||
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-269). | ||
| 520 | |a "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."-- |c Provided by publisher. | ||
| 600 | 1 | 0 | |a Derber, Harold. |
| 650 | 0 | |a Drug dealers |v Biography. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Drug traffic |x History |y 20th century. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Merchant mariners |v Biography. | |
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