American Kingpin
By Author: Nick Bilton, Nick Bilton
Categories: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
Nick Bilton's 2017 book tells the true story of Ross Ulbricht, a twenty-six-year-old libertarian programmer who in 2011 launched the Silk Road, a hidden website where anyone could buy and sell drugs and other contraband. Using the name Dread Pirate Roberts, Ulbricht watched the site grow into a $1.2 billion enterprise while federal agents spent two years hunting for him. Bilton draws on access to key players and the vast digital record Ulbricht left behind to reconstruct the chase.