Original Gangster
My Life as NYC's Biggest Baddest Drugs Baron
$42.23
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
2 April 2012
Summary
The amazing story of the original gangster, drug dealer and overlord, Frank Lucas.
Criminals are not born in a vacuum, and Frank Lucas is no exception. At the age of six he watched his cousin die in a lynching and in that moment of Southern brutality, Frank Lucas, notorious gangster, billion-dollar-heroin importer and true-life inspiration for the film American Gangster was born.
Original Gangster is the story of the most notorious black gangster to ever rule…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780091928674 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0091928672 |
| Author: | Frank Lucas |
| Publisher: | Ebury Publishing |
| Imprint: | Ebury Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 2 April 2012 |
| Weight: | 222g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 128mm x 20mm |
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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.
A gripping, unrepentant restimony of a controversial figure. * Shortlist *
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 *
About The Author
Frank Lucas
Frank Lucas was born in 1930 in La Grange, North Carolina and raised in Greensboro, North Carolina. Lucas is a former heroin dealer and organized crime boss who was based in Harlem during the late 1960s and early 1970s. He was particularly known for cutting out middlemen in the drug trade and buying heroin directly from his source in Southeast Asia. He is the subject of the 2007 film American Gangster. Lucas has been jailed twice, and was most recently released in 1991.
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