{"product_id":"burning-rainbow-farm-how-a-stoner-utopia-went-up-in-smoke-9781596911420","title":"Burning Rainbow Farm: How a Stoner Utopia Went Up in Smoke","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe gripping story of two marijuana advocates gunned down by the FBI after a five-day standoff.  On a mission to build a peaceful  pot-friendly Shangri-La  Tom Crosslin and his lover Rollie Rohm founded Rainbow Farm  a well-appointed campground and concert venue tucked away in rural Southwest Michigan. The farm quickly became the center of marijuana and environmental activism in Michigan  drawing thousands of blue-collar libertarians and hippie liberals  evangelicals and militiamen to its annual hemp festivals. People came from all over the country to support Tom and Rollies libertarian brand of patriotism: They loved America but didnt like the War on Drugs.  As Rainbow Farm launched a popular statewide ballot initiative to change marijuana laws  local authorities  who had scarcely tolerated Rainbow Farm in the past  began an all-out campaign to shut the place down. Finally  in May 2001  Tom and Rollie were arrested for growing marijuana. Rollies 11-year-old son  who grew up on Rainbow Farm  was placed in foster care  Tom would never see him again. Faced with mandatory jail terms and the loss of the farm  Tom and Rollie never showed up for their August court date. Instead  the states two best-known pot advocates burned Rainbow Farm to the ground in protest. County officials called the FBI  and within five days Tom and Rollie were dead. Obscured by the attacks of September 11  their stories will be told here for the first time.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45529634963509,"sku":"ByrdShop_1596911425","price":253.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781596911420.jpg?v=1780939914","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/burning-rainbow-farm-how-a-stoner-utopia-went-up-in-smoke-9781596911420","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}