All Quiet at Mena
Aug 2021 · Bird Call Press
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Sometime after Barry Seal, the smuggler and DEA informant, began hiding his planes in Mena, Arkansas, the line to separate politics from criminal investigations was crossed.
Investigators watching Seal knew that unexplained cash was flooding Arkansas.
They knew that Seal had cleared a private airstrip in the mountains north of Mena.
What they couldn’t understand was why their reports were kept as concealed as Seal’s planes.
ALL QUIET AT MENA is their story—and the story of others who fought unsuccessfully to uncover the truth. In writing their stories, it also unexpectedly became partly my own.
Sometime after Barry Seal, the smuggler and DEA informant, began hiding his planes in Mena, Arkansas, the line to separate politics from criminal investigations was crossed.
Investigators watching Seal knew that unexplained cash was flooding Arkansas.
They knew that Seal had cleared a private air...
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deborah elliott
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August 26, 2021
This excellent book is a worthwhile chronicle of the incredible history of the Mena Airport. It starts with 2 courageous investigators and tells you their fascinating story. It is mind boggling what these guys went through! Thank you, Mara, for this compelling history of an extremely important era in American history!
Jared Glen Ray
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December 19, 2025
this book provides an exceptional springboard into what you will undoubtedly discover to be a repugnant, disreputable element of our government. a masterful work of investigative journalism.
About the author
Longtime investigative reporter Mara Leveritt describes herself as reporting from the intersection of criminal justice and politics. Her work in Arkansas has won major literary and journalistic awards. She is also the author of The Boys on the Tracks, Devil's Knot (made into a major motion picture), and Dark Spell.
Longtime investigative reporter Mara Leveritt describes herself as reporting from the intersection of criminal justice and politics. Her work in Arkansas has won major literary and journalistic awards. She is also the author of The Boys on the Tracks, Devil's Knot (made into a major motion pictur...
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