| Description |
xv, 329 pages, [8] unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 329) |
| Contents |
The pink pill -- Ross Ulbricht -- Julia Vie -- The debate -- Jared's khat -- The bonfire -- The Silk Road -- Ross the farmer -- Opening day of the Silk Road -- What goes up must come down -- The Gawker article -- A bull's-eye on my back -- Julia tells Erica -- What have you done?! -- Jared and the fifty-ton Flamingo -- From Austin to Australia -- Carl Force's tomorrow -- Variety Jones and the serpent -- Jared goes shopping -- The dread pirate Roberts -- Carl Force is born again -- "O Captain, my captain" -- Ross, hanged or home -- Carl, Eladio, and Nob -- Jared's Chicago versus Carl's Baltimore -- The mutiny -- A billion dollars?! -- The aspiring billionaire in Costa Rica -- Variety Jones goes to Scotland -- The armory opens -- Ross silences Julia -- Chris Tarbell, FBI -- Ross arrives in San Francisco -- Chris is the pit -- Batten down the hatches! -- Jared's dead ends -- A pirate in Dominica -- Carl likes DPR -- Kidney for sale! -- The White House in Utah -- Curtis is tortured -- The first murder -- The FBI joins the hunt -- Camping and the ball -- Gary Alford, IRS -- Life and death on the road -- Gary's big change -- Ross goes underground -- Carl switches teams -- A parking ticket on the internet -- Tarbell finds a mistake -- The fake IDs, part one -- The deconfliction meeting -- Jared becomes Cirrus -- Julia is saved! Hallelujah! -- The fake IDs, part two -- Onward to Federal Plaza -- Julia comes to San Francisco -- I am God -- The phone call -- The good-bye party -- The pink sunset -- Carla Sophia -- FeLiNa -- Arrested -- The laptop -- Ross locked up -- United States of America v. Ross William Ulbricht -- To catch a pirate -- Sentencing -- The plural of mongoose -- The museum -- The others. |
| Summary |
From New York Times-bestselling author Nick Bilton comes a true-life thriller about the rise and fall of Ross Ulbricht, aka the Dread Pirate Roberts, the founder of the online black market Silk Road. |
| Subject |
Ulbrict, Ross, 1984-
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Criminals -- United States -- Case studies.
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Computer crimes -- Investigation -- United States -- Case studies.
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Black market -- United States -- Case studies.
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Drug traffic -- United States -- Case studies.
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Electronic commerce -- United States -- Case studies.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Criminals & Outlaws.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / E-Commerce.
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TRUE CRIME / Organized Crime.
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| Genre/Form |
True crime stories.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Bilton, Nick, author. American kingpin. New York : Portfolio/Penguin, [2017] 9780698405738 (DLC) 2017010337 |
| ISBN |
9781591848141 (hardcover) |
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1591848148 (hardcover) |
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