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Marching powder : a true story of friendship, cocaine, and South America's strangest jail / Rusty Young and Thomas McFadden.

Young, Rusty, 1975- (Author). McFadden, Thomas. (Added Author).

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  • ISBN: 9780312330347
  • ISBN: 0312330340
  • Physical Description: 371 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
  • Edition: 1st U.S. ed.
  • Publisher: New York : St. Martin's Griffin, 2004.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:
Part 1 Rusty 1 -- Part 2 Thomas 15 -- 1 El Alto Airport 17 -- 2 Change of Plans 23 -- 3 Los Perros 38 -- 4 Thirteen Days in Hell 44 -- 5 San Pedro Prison 51 -- 6 Ricardo 58 -- 7 Researching the Housing Market 80 -- 8 Buying a Cell of My Own 102 -- 9 Preparing for Trial 109 -- 10 La Noche de San Juan 113 -- 11 Jack 118 -- 12 Governor 123 -- 13 International University of Cocaine 132 -- 14 Abregon: Brothers in Crime 137 -- 15 A Night on the Town 141 -- 16 Yasheeda 150 -- 17 A Voluntary Inmate 160 -- 18 Happy Birthday 164 -- 19 Christmas in Prison 169 -- 20 Los Violadores 174 -- 21 Sleeping Pills 182 -- 22 My Trial Begins 185 -- 23 Thomas the Tour Guide 190 -- 24 Sentencing 198 -- 25 Troubled Times 204 -- 26 Hasta Luego 209 -- 27 San Pedro Prison Tours 214 -- 28 Thomas the Shopkeeper 225 -- 29 Mike 233 -- 30 Night Shift in the Cocaine Laboratories 237 -- 31 Velascos 240 -- 32 'One of the World's Most Bizarre Tourist Attractions' 244 -- 33 Word Spreads 249 -- 34 'Father Thomas' 255 -- 35 Mike Goes Crazy 261 -- 36 Prisoners' Day 265 -- 37 Australian's Wallet 270 -- 38 Prison Elections 277 -- 39 Hidden Enemies 283 -- 40 Solitary Confinement 293 -- 41 Samir 307 -- 42 Tormenta 316 -- 43 A Special Visitor 325 -- 44 Terrible News 329 -- 45 New Charges 332 -- 46 Meeting Rusty 341 -- 47 Money Worries 345 -- 48 My International Human Rights Lawyer 350 -- 49 Witness for the Defence 358 -- 50 Desperate Measures 362 -- 51 Verdict 370.
Subject: McFadden, Thomas.
Young, Rusty, 1975-
Penitenciaria Nacional San Pedro (La Paz, Bolivia)
Prisoners > Bolivia > La Paz.
Drug dealers > Bolivia > La Paz.