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But Newark reveals how Luciano really spent his twilight years.

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For the first twenty-five years of his criminal career, Charles "Lucky" Luciano was a vicious mobster who rose to become the multimillionaire king of the New York underworld. For the next twenty-five years of his life, Luciano was a legend---but a fake master criminal without real power, his evil reputation manipulated and maintained by the government agents who had put him behind bars. Drawing on secret government documents from archives in the United States and Europe, this myth-busting biography tells the real story from Luciano's early days as a top hit man for the Mob to his exploits running sex and narcotics empires. His criminal career abruptly ended with conviction and imprisonment, but his reputation was only enhanced by rumors that he was winning World War II for the Allies in Sicily and the Mediterranean. Now, for the first time, author Tim Newark exposes the truth about what Luciano really did do to help the Allies in the war. With his expulsion from the United States after the war ended, Luciano returned to Italy. He was reputed to have overseen a massive transatlantic narcotics network and became the arch-villain for international law enforcement agencies. But Newark reveals how Luciano really spent his twilight years. Lucky Luciano: The Real and the Fake Gangster turns accepted Mafia history on its head with an extraordinary story that has never been told before.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
St. Martin's Press
ISBN-10
0312601824
ISBN-13
9780312601829
eBay Product ID (ePID)
81817895

Product Key Features

Book Title
Lucky Luciano : the Real and the Fake Gangster
Author
Tim Newark
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Organized Crime, Criminals & Outlaws, Historical, Criminology
Publication Year
2010
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, True Crime, Social Science
Number of Pages
320 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
9.5in
Item Height
1.1in
Item Width
6.4in
Item Weight
3.5 Oz

Additional Product Features

Lc Classification Number
Hv6248.L92n49 2010
Reviews
Advance Praise for Lucky Luciano "Great detective work here. Tim Newark has uncovered fascinating new angles on the Lucky Luciano story and tells it well."---John Dickie, author of Cosa Nostra: A History of the Sicilian Mafia "Tim Newark's beautifully written and thoroughly researched studies offer new information and penetrating insights on hitherto little-known chapters in the history of American organized crime."---Robert Rockaway, author of But He Was Good to His Mother: The Lives and Crimes of Jewish Gangsters "This interesting book separates the truth about Luciano from the stories and movies about his life." --The Oklahoman Praise for Mafia Allies "The victory of Mafia Allies is the depth the author brings to the subject."- --New York Post " Mafia Allies follows the fortunes of the Italian and American Cosa Nostra during the Second World War and brilliantly explodes a large number of myths in the process."--- Daily Telegraph (UK)
Copyright Date
2010
Lccn
2010-021686
Intended Audience
Trade
Illustrated
Yes

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by isobel.gemNov 18, 2010
lucky luciano by tim newark
Very interesting book of a man with a full & varied life, lots of facts that are not known or fantasized about until one reads the full story. A real eye opener regarding his life, trials, & tribulations, an absolute must for anyone interested in mafia fact a great read in all.

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