After decades as a long-haul trucker, Finn Murphy left the road and
settled in Boulder County, Colorado. Before long he noticed that
many of his neighbors were captivated by the prospect of vast
riches in “the Hemp Space.” When hemp was legalized, after
eighty years in federal exile, Colorado became the center of a hemp
growing and processing boom. Figuring he’d harvest some of that
easy money, Murphy bought a thirty-six-acre farm. What could go
wrong? Well, pretty much everything… Rocky Mountain High is the
comic chronicle of a wild year as Murphy follows his Great American
Dream, gradually losing his shirt but not his spirit. Pivoting away
from growing hemp himself, he decides to make himself a middleman.
He builds drying sheds the size of football fields. He battles with
freezing temperatures and even colder bankers. And he assembles an
eclectic crew of workers, including the wry and vastly talented
Manuel, the business savvy Pierce, and a scruffy army of
“trimmigrants”—specialized farm laborers who roam the country
pursuing (or not) their own American Dreams. Pretty soon, Murphy is
pitting his dwindling cash against the mercurial buyers who inhabit
the Wild West of the hemp market. Told with Murphy’s trademark
wit, keen eye for character, and sharp insights into the
hardscrabble society around him, Rocky Mountain High is an inside
look at the alluring world of the hemp boom and a masterful tale of
one entrepreneur’s misadventures.
General
Imprint: |
W W Norton & Co Inc
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
June 2023 |
Authors: |
Finn Murphy
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Dimensions: |
236 x 160 x 23mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover - Cloth over boards
|
Pages: |
240 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-324-00610-7 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
1-324-00610-2 |
Barcode: |
9781324006107 |
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