Tom Folsom Libri

Sporting flashy suits, fast cars and a harem of mistresses, Leroy 'Nicky' Barnes presided over a staggering multinational heroin dealership that pushed dope and laundered money with the efficiency of a Fortune 500 company. Despite Nixon's creation of the Drug Enforcement Agency and New York's adoption of zero tolerance drug laws, Barnes' operation seemed impregnable. How did a small-time hustler and heroin addict end up on the cover of the NY Times Magazine as Mr Untouchable? Barnes was convicted in 1977 by the first anonymous jury in the US.

As unconventional a biography as Dennis Hopper was a man, Hopper: A Journey into the American Dream by Tom Folsom charts his roller coaster life and career through the lens of the landscape of American popular culture. The chopper-riding hippie outlaw in Easy Rider. The prophetic madman in the jungle in Apocalypse Now. The terrifying psychopath in Blue Velvet. The kid gone wrong in Rebel Without a Cause. The actor taken under the wing of James Dean, a friendship that set Dennis Hopper on his path to becoming a star. A quintessentially American dreamer longing to be the next Orson Welles. The hell-raising director who revolutionized Hollywood. Dennis Hopper’s extraordinary journey takes him to superhero highs and plummeting lows. Capturing the magic and the madness of his American Dream, Hopper is a wild ride through Dennis’s many lives. Written in a rebel spirit, complemented with iconic photographs, and packed with insights from his fellow actors, artists, and friends, Hopper tells the story of a half-century of rebellion waged at the edge of pop culture.