{"product_id":"9780060883102","title":"Contrabando : Confessions of a Drug-Smuggling Texas Cowboy","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eContrabando\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Don Henry Ford, Jr.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDon Henry Ford, Jr., is an unapologetic outlaw. For seven years he made his living smuggling marijuana across the U.S.-Mexico border in the Big Bend region of Texas. His business partners were some of the era's biggest \u003cem\u003enarcotraficantes\u003c\/em\u003e like Pablo Acosta and Amado Carrillo Fuentes. After Ford was arrested and imprisoned, he escaped and lived for a year in rural Mexico, raising a bumper crop of weed and hiding out from the \u003cem\u003efederales\u003c\/em\u003e, before his recapture and return to the penitentiary.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eContrabando\u003c\/em\u003e is the extraordinary, unabashed memoir of a rebel -- a warrior on the other side of the War on Drugs who lived to tell the tale. But more than a riveting and remarkable true crime confession, \u003cem\u003eContrabando\u003c\/em\u003e is an ode to the beauty of the dry, dusty West Texas plains and the lonely hills of Mexico -- and a tribute to Ford's friends, protectors, and fellow outlaws who stood by him during the dangerous smuggling years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780060883102\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":41042447696078,"sku":"9780060883102","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/9780060883102.jpg?v=1647918399","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780060883102","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}