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Title: The Bluegrass Conspiracy : An Inside Story of Power, Greed, Drugs and Murder by Sally Denton ISBN: 0-595-19666-7 Publisher: Backinprint.Com Pub. Date: 11 September, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.85 (13 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Gripping¿wow
Comment: A Kentucky blue blood, ex-military, ex-cop with a partner manages an organized crime ring called "The Company." After a successfully drug smuggling operation for approximately 20 years a Lexingtonian turns up dead, in his possession a large sum of cocaine and several thousand dollars in cash. Also in his possession a black book with several names of prominent Kentucky figures abroad, and CIA telephone numbers most citizens are ordinarily unable to obtain. A very well connected individual throughout the eastern United States, Las Vegas, and South America. Murder is not out of the question for these folks to commit, in order to proceed in their corrupt business endeavors. All the above information told in page one.
A very good read, the story will have you turning the pages quickly as possible. Sally Denton does a wonderful job conveying this shocking report. Various high rollers and Kentuckians apparently thought themselves to be above the law. This book is nicely written and is a very easy read. Not to say it's lacking in detail but just the opposite, Denton has immensely researched the backgrounds of each subject portrayed. However the end just doesn't wrap up all your questions about a few individuals. A very good book if the ending gave more detail to particular entities would definitely be a five star, but for that reason give a strong four stars...no make it five stars it's really good.
Rating: 5
Summary: A must read for mafia buffs and native Kentuckians.
Comment: This book tells the detailed story of how a handful of Lexington socialites organized a crime ring that became a (maybe *the*) major smuggler of cocaine and other drugs into the Eastern United States. Complete with cover-up and contract murders, the author pieces together an intricate story that, before it's over, includes state and federal government officials as well as organized-crime syndicates from all over the country. Also recounted in the book is the life of Ralph Ross, the Kentucky State Policeman and electronic-surveillance expert, whose single-minded perseverance finally brought about the end of the smuggling ring.
It's informative as well as it is entertaining, and I recommend it to all true-crime fans, mafia buffs, conspiracy theorists, and Kentuckians.
Rating: 4
Summary: A really good read.
Comment: This book is a really good read, but must be read twice due to the intracacies involved, i.e. names, places etc. I recommend you keep a pencil and pad nearby and make a chart for convenience sake. However, sadly, this same thing is probably taking place in locations as well, Florida, Louisiana, Texas, etc. I do think some things were obvious at the time and failed, or ignored, to be followed up, but I guess that's the name of the game. I would strongly suggest it as good reading for anyone interested in this sort of thing.
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Title: Kentucky's Domain of Power, Greed and Corruption : by Betty B Ellison ISBN: 0595159915 Publisher: Writers Club Press Pub. Date: 07 February, 2001 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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Title: A Dark and Bloody Ground/Outlaw Love, a Miser's Hoard-Lust, Greed, and Killing from the Beaches of Florida to the Mountains of Kentucky by Darcy O'Brien ISBN: 0060179589 Publisher: HarperCollins Pub. Date: April, 1993 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
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Title: American Massacre : The Tragedy at Mountain Meadows, September 1857 by Sally Denton ISBN: 0375412085 Publisher: Knopf Pub. Date: 17 June, 2003 List Price(USD): $26.95 |
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Title: Wild Ride : The Rise and Fall of Calumet Farm Inc., America's Premier Racing Dynasty by Anne Hagedorn Auerbach ISBN: 0805042423 Publisher: Henry Holt & Company, Inc. Pub. Date: 15 December, 1995 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: The Money and the Power : The Making of Las Vegas and Its Hold on America by Roger Morris, Sally Denton ISBN: 0375701265 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 12 March, 2002 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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