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Original gangster my life as NYC's biggest baddest drugs baron

Lucas, Frank more...

Format: Paperback
Library Classification: Adult Non Fiction
BIC Subjects: Biography & autobiography: general; Organized crime
Audience: General/trade
Publisher: Ebury Press
Imprint: Ebury Press
Publication Date: 2/04/2012
Place of Publication: United Kingdom

RRP: $19.95
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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 the streets of New York. He went from running numbers in the 50s, to importing millions of dollars of heroin in the 70s, before losing it all at the hands of a snitch. This is the ultimate tale of ambition, hubris and downfall. The original O.G., Lucas has gone down in history for his infamous business measure of cutting out middlemen in the drug trade, buying heroin directly from its source in Southeast Asia, and then smuggling it back in the coffins of dead US servicemen.