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Jul 27, 2018 chasing deep gold is the working title for next nonfiction book. A master of selfpromotion, stone took a copy of his book to every store that he. Meet new cast members george, ariel ohara, dior kingbeautiful and kerry d as they set new aventures with markel, king cain, and ressie g. A modernday pirate, he was a pioneer saturation oil field diver, involved in fishing, treasurehunting and, more than anything else, smuggling, which brought him more money than he knew how. It involves blackmarketeering, smuggling, treasurehunting, deepsea fishing, political and corporate.
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The incredible true story of a fuel smuggler in africa. My spotlight post is written with thanks to rachel at rachels random resources for inviting me on the tour. Canadian born robert stone was a serial entrepreneura. Along with training, we also offer stud dog service, puppies, private and group lessons, and hunt test handling. My book chasing black gold is a non fictional account of roughly a decade of my life smuggling oil and marijuana from 1986 1996 my late wife had always wanted me to write my story but i held back as did not want to expose my past to the world see full answer. Free shipping and pickup in store on eligible orders. Buy chasing black gold by robert stone from waterstones today. Chasing classic cars is a hit show, but what goes on behind the scenes might shock you. The crime story involves the mystery of who killed a cop, then looted his safe filled with cash and gold bullion.
Chasing black gold, by the history press, is out priced. In the highly anticipated new book from the bestselling author of judgment of paris,george m. The fact that chasing black gold is an autobiography of robert stone intrigued me with a very wellwritten blurb. The domestic melodrama involves an altruistic cop who takes a junkie off the streets and adopts her as his daughter. The book covers stones business deals legal, illegal and. The old adage dont judge a book by its cover certainly applies to the impressive sturgis motorcycle museum and hall of fame. The incredible true story of a fuel smuggler in africa kindle edition by stone, robert. Ill be telling behind the scenes tales about my memoir chasing black gold. It has garnered quite a few fans over the years and has proven to be one of the networks biggest successes. Hardhitting, chasing black gold is an intriguing read on one mans life of crime. In late august 1976 a couple other divers and myself boarded a private jet in vancouver and flew to inuvik in the northwest territories in canada. In 1933, the germans had six army divisions, a skeleton air force and only one heavy naval cruiser. In 1970, runaway 15yearold robert stone showed up in the bahamas.
Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. This is an absolute cracker, a real pageturner, the true story of robert stones adventures on the high seas. Reality is an allnew network featuring the lgbt community within the reality world. Interview with robert stone author of chasing black gold. How a black spy infiltrated the confederate white house. Stone now has a bestselling book out about his highsea adventures with. Chasing black gold robert stone was a serial entrepreneur an enterprising individual, mostly on the wrong side of the law, who spent twentyfive years operating all over the world, before being arrested in switzerland as a result of an international manhunt led by an. Jul 27, 2018 im shaking things up with a promo post for a blog blitz hosted by rachels random resources. While his own life was far from ideal his imagination had been captured by books on scuba diving and he dreamed of escaping to the caribbean. Chasing black gold is the incredible true story of stones african fuel smuggling. The book is being translated into english and will be available in september 2019. My thanks to rachel at rachels random resources for inviting me to take part.
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