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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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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 *

Original Gangster

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    A Paperback / softback by Frank Lucas

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      Publisher Penguin Random House Group
      Imprint Ebury Press
      Published 9 February 2012
      ISBN-13 9780091928674
      978-0091928674
      ISBN-10 0091928672
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      Politics, Philosophy & Society Drugs trade / drug trafficking

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      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.

      Trade Review
      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 *

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