None So High - Allen, D. S.
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Set primarily in Pass-a-Grille, a small community at the southern-most tip of the barrier islands separating Pinellas County, Florida, from the Gulf of Mexico, 'None So High' follows a group of young men and women who came of age in mid-1960's and early 70's, those heady times when the physical and social environment of the island's laid-back and free-thinking lifestyle encouraged them to establish careers in what came to be known as 'The Trade' - trafficking marijuana. Their lives were an ongoing adventure, risking their liberty - and their lives - taking them to often remote and occasionally…mehr

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Produktbeschreibung
Set primarily in Pass-a-Grille, a small community at the southern-most tip of the barrier islands separating Pinellas County, Florida, from the Gulf of Mexico, 'None So High' follows a group of young men and women who came of age in mid-1960's and early 70's, those heady times when the physical and social environment of the island's laid-back and free-thinking lifestyle encouraged them to establish careers in what came to be known as 'The Trade' - trafficking marijuana. Their lives were an ongoing adventure, risking their liberty - and their lives - taking them to often remote and occasionally exotic places to meet interesting if often dangerous people, and making (or sometimes losing) small fortunes in the process. "None So High" focuses on three of them - brothers - who together with their Father formed a small 'enterprise' which grew through successes and set-backs, confronting rival traffickers, corrupt cops, treacherous suppliers - and coping with the major changes in their values. The incidents related in the novel actually took place, although I took some liberties with their presentation. The locations are real. The characters portrayed are also real - I grew up with them, worked with them, and knew them well. The names have been altered, for obvious reasons.
Autorenporträt
Born to an Air Force family, I traveled widely until age 15, when my father retired to a waterfront home on St. Pete Beach, Florida, only a half-mile from the sugar-sand beaches of nearby Pass-a-Grille, where I met the characters in my book. Over the years following high-school graduation, they made fortunes trafficking marijuana, and enlisted my participation in a number of their exploits. Sensing that theirs was a story that needed telling, I started writing. Alas, the (very) rough draft languished in a bottom drawer for almost 35 years as I pursued careers as a police officer, earned a B.A. in literature and became a high-school English teacher and night shift radio talk-show host, and ultimately earned a J.D. - a law degree - and started a 27-year sojourn through the toxic ether of the legal profession, litigating divorce cases and defending drug runners. Finally, retirement provided me the welcome opportunity to resurrect it - I hope you'll find it worthy of reading.