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

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Title: Original Gangster. Author: Frank Lucas. Format: Paperback. Release Date: 22/09/2011. Missing Information?. Condition: New. Country/Region of Manufacture: US. Genre: Biography.

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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 mopoly 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 kwn 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 invator who got his own connections outside the U.S. and then sold the narcotics himself in the street. This 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
Griffin Publishing, Saint Martin's Griffin,U.S.
ISBN-10
031257164x
ISBN-13
9780312571641
eBay Product ID (ePID)
108627246

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Author
Frank Lucas
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Topic
True Crime

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Place of Publication
California
Content Note
Black & White Illustrations
Author Biography
FRANK LUCAS is a former heroin dealer and organized crime boss who operated in Harlem during the 60's and 70's. His career was the focus of the 2007 film American Gangster.ALIYA S. KING, a native of East Orange, New Jersey has been writing professionally since 1998 and has written features and music profiles for a bevy of magazines. Keep The Faith, her collaboration with singer Faith Evans, is a New York Times bestselling title.
Date of Publication
22/09/2011
Country of Publication
United States

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