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Original Gangster : The Real Life Story of One of America's Most Notorious Drug Lords by Aliya S. King and Frank Lucas (2011, Trade Paperback)

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A suspenseful memoir from the real life American gangster, Frank Lucas In his own words, Frank Lucas recounts his life as the former heroin dealer and organized crime boss who ran Harlem during the late 1960s and early 1970s. From being taken under the wing of old time gangster Bumpy Johnson, through one of the most successful drug smuggling operations, to being sentenced to seventy years in prison, Original Gangster is a chilling look at the rise and fall of a modern legacy. Frank Lucas realized that in order to gain the kind of success he craved he would have to break the monopoly that the Italian mafia held in New York. So Frank cut out middlemen and began smuggling heroin into the United States directly from his source in the Golden Triangle by using coffins. Making a million dollars per day selling "Blue Magic"--what was known as the purest heroin on the street--Frank Lucas became one of the most powerful crime lords of his time, while rubbing shoulders with the elite in entertainment, politics, and crime. After his arrest, Federal Judge Sterling Johnson, the special narcotics prosecutor in New York at the time of Lucas' crimes, called Lucas and his operation "one of the most outrageous international dope-smuggling gangs ever, an innovator who got his own connections outside the U.S. and then sold the narcotics himself in the street." T his powerful memoir reveals what really happened to the man whose career was dramatized in the 2007 feature film American Gangster, exposing a startling look at the world of organized crime.

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Publisher
St. Martin's Press
ISBN-10
031257164x
ISBN-13
9780312571641
eBay Product ID (ePID)
19038279116

Product Key Features

Book Title
Original Gangster : the Real Life Story of One of America's Most Notorious Drug Lords
Author
Frank Lucas, Aliya S. King
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
United States / 20th Century, General, Organized Crime, Criminals & Outlaws, Psychopathology / Addiction, Criminology, Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
Publication Year
2011
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, True Crime, Psychology, History, Social Science
Number of Pages
320 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
8.3in
Item Height
0.9in
Item Width
5.5in
Item Weight
10.2 Oz

Additional Product Features

Lc Classification Number
Hv6248
Copyright Date
2011
Dewey Decimal
364.1/77092 B
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes

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It's a lot better then the movie American gangster. It's a great read. The book was in excellent shape. Well pleased
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