Prisoner of dreams, confessions of a Harlem drug dealer, Rick Talley
Type
Label
Prisoner of dreams, confessions of a Harlem drug dealer, Rick Talley
Language
eng
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Prisoner of dreams
Responsibility statement
Rick Talley
Sub title
confessions of a Harlem drug dealer
Summary
An African American soldier returns home to New York City from the Vietnam War in the late 1960s. It is a time and turbulence and change. Racism is very much alive in America. Times are tough for a young black man in America, especially one who has fought for his country in an unpopular war. Rick Talley takes what he believes the only economic road open to him: drug dealing. Prisoner of Dreams presents a large cast of characters, from small time street hustlers and pimps to Hollywood and Las Vegas celebrities, to organized crime figures. In a poignant, eye-opening memoir, the author describes his life and the times, the good and the bad, in New York City and Harlem during one of the most seminal periods in America history
Creator
Subject
- Veterans + Drug use -- United States
- Drug traffic -- New York (State) -- New York
- Harlem (New York, N.Y.)
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 + Veterans -- United States -- Biography
- Man-woman relationships
- Drug dealers -- New York (State) -- New York -- Case studies
- Drug abuse and crime -- New York (State) -- New York -- Case studies
- Talley, Rick -- Drug use
- Authors, American -- Biography
- African Americans
Content
Incoming Resources
- Has instance1
Outgoing Resources
- Creator1
- Subject10
- Veterans + Drug use -- United States
- Drug traffic -- New York (State) -- New York
- Harlem (New York, N.Y.)
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 + Veterans -- United States -- Biography
- Man-woman relationships
- Drug dealers -- New York (State) -- New York -- Case studies
- Drug abuse and crime -- New York (State) -- New York -- Case studies
- Talley, Rick -- Drug use
- Authors, American -- Biography
- African Americans
- Content1