Lucky Luciano
Subtitle: The Rise and Fall of a Mob Boss
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers; McFarland & Co.
Published: 2010
Language: eng
Number of pages: 303
ISBN-13: 9780786446667
Subjects: Luciano, lucky, 1897-1962; Organized crime; Criminals, biography; Mafia; Crime, united states
Description: "This book takes scholarship on Luciano to a new level. Topics include: the complex structure of the New York City bordellos and the takeover; his role in the expansion of the international heroin trade; and the shocking attempt to sexually frame a member of prosecutor Thomas E. Dewey's staff in a desperate bid to overturn Luciano's conviction"--Provided by publisher.