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ISBN
9780312544898

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
St. Martin's Press
ISBN-10
0312544898
ISBN-13
9780312544898
eBay Product ID (ePID)
80093115

Product Key Features

Book Title
Original Gangster : the Real Life Story of One of America's Most Notorious Drug Lords
Number of Pages
320 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2010
Topic
General, Organized Crime, Criminology
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
True Crime, Social Science
Author
Frank Lucas, Aliya S. King
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
14.1 Oz
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Width
5.7 in

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LCCN
2009-047033
Reviews
"Lucas spins a yarn that gives a new view of Black history that's good enough to be paired with an outdoor porch, a few lazy hours and a cold beer on a warm Saturday night." --Ebony Magazine, "Lucas spins a yarn that gives a new view of Black history that's good enough to be paired with an outdoor porch, a few lazy hours and a cold beer on a warm Saturday night."--Ebony Magazine
Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
364.1/77092 B
Synopsis
In his own words, real-life American gangster Frank Lucas recounts his life as the former heroin dealer and organized crime boss who ran Harlem during the late 1960s and early 1970s. 8-page color photo insert., 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, whilerubbing 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.
LC Classification Number
HV5805.L83A3 2010

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