Lucky Luciano
ISBN-13: 9781569809006
Contributor(s): Hickman Powell
Subjects: True Crime
Publisher: Barricade Books
Publisher Imprint: Barricade Books
Publication Date: 07-03-2015
Format: Paperback
Availability: Out of stock
£18.99
About the book
He was called the Father of Organized Crime. Lucky Luciano was born in Sicily and reared in poverty he arrived with his family on New York's Lower East Side. He was responsible for the infamous Atlantic City gathering of the nation's top mobsters that included Al Capone, and he structured the 'Cosa Nostra'. This book is written by a top investigative reporter who followed Luciano's trial from its inception to the jury verdict. It is also an incisive portrait of then prosecuting attorney Thomas E. Dewey whose tireless efforts resulted in conviction.