{"product_id":"no-ordinary-bird-drug-smuggling-a-plane-crash-and-a-daughters-quest-for-the-truth-artis-henderson-hardcover","title":"No Ordinary Bird: Drug Smuggling, a Plane Crash, and a Daughter's Quest for the Truth -- Artis Henderson, Hardcover","description":"\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWINNER OF THE ASJA AWARD FOR MEMOIR\/AUTOBIOGRAPHY\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSILVER MEDAL WINNER OF A FLORIDA BOOK AWARD\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the vein of\u003ci\u003e Small Fry \u003c\/i\u003eor\u003ci\u003e Priestdaddy, No Ordinary Bird\u003c\/i\u003e is a compelling father-daughter story that reads like true crime, haunted by a question the dashing and mysterious Lamar Chester had always taught his daughter to ask: \"\u003ci\u003eHow do you tell the good guys from the bad?\u003c\/i\u003e\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp\u003eArtis was five when a plane crash killed her beloved father. For years, it was simply called \"the accident.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut many things \u003ci\u003eweren't \u003c\/i\u003egetting discussed. Like Lamar himself--a swashbuckling, larger-than-life pilot, a doting father and husband, and the most popular farmer in Georgia. Or that the IRS had immediately taken everything: the chickens, the airplanes, the islands in the Bahamas. . . . Afterwards, Artis and her mother broke contact with everyone and fled, rebuilding from the bottom up as if Lamar's big, wild life had never happened.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYears later, a friend tells Artis Lamar's plane was sabotaged: her father had been one of the biggest drug smugglers in Miami in the 1970s. At the time of his death, he was about to testify in a trial that had swept up everyone from the Prime Minister of the Bahamas, to a US district attorney, to the Colombian drug cartels. But the deeper Artis digs, the more unexpected the story becomes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeyond the dramatic betrayals, dangerous drug lords, and geopolitical intrigue is the beating heart of this riveting memoir: a daughter's grappling with a dark legacy and her memories of the father who had been the light of her life. Who are the good guys, who are the bad guys, and is there a difference at all?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Artis Henderson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Harper\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9\/2\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.79 lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 8.43\" H x 5.51\" L x 1.18\" W\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780358650270\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Flowerburst","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50548961050928,"sku":"9780358650270","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2712\/8368\/files\/9780358650270.jpg?v=1783087573","url":"https:\/\/flowerburst.co\/products\/no-ordinary-bird-drug-smuggling-a-plane-crash-and-a-daughters-quest-for-the-truth-artis-henderson-hardcover","provider":"Flowerburst","version":"1.0","type":"link"}