Cornbread Mafia: A Homegrown Syndicate's Code Of Silence And The Biggest Marijuana Bust In American History by Higdon, James(April 20, 2012) Hardcover

by James Higdon

Hardcover

About the author

James Higdon is a graduate of St. Augustine School, Marion County High School, Centre College, Brown University's MFA writing program, and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.

His first book, The Cornbread Mafia, was published in hardcover in 2012, in paperback in 2013, and in revised paperback in 2019. His second book, The Nearly Forgotten History of Portland, Kentucky, was published in 2018.

He is currently co-founder and chief communications officer for Cornbread Hemp, a CBD brand that offers USDA organic CBD products from Kentucky.

Reviews

[Gena Lott · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not really a memoir, actually, more of an expose on just how overboard the justice system may or may not have gone in searching for and punishing those involved in growing some of the biggest harvests of marijuana in America.
Higdon has covered every base as he discusses the history--both bad and good--of the Marion County Kentucky society which fostered the ideology that growing marijuana was acceptable. Higdon's personal interaction with Johnny Boone is the most interesting part of the book, as far as I'm concerned and the aftermath that he, Higdon, played in bringing this book to publishers.