| American Gangster: And Other Tales of New York Contributor(s): Jacobson, Mark (Author) |
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ISBN: 0802143369 ISBN-13: 9780802143365 Publisher: Grove Press OUR PRICE: $12.60 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2007 Annotation: This collection features a number of the acclaimed journalists most famous essays--as well as previous unpublished work and recent articles--and presents a vibrant, intoxicating, many-layered portrait of New York, one of the most fascinating cities in the world. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Criminals & Outlaws - Literary Collections | Essays |
| Dewey: B |
| Physical Information: 0.77" H x 5.54" W x 8.2" (0.73 lbs) 288 pages |
| Themes: - Locality - New York, N.Y. - Geographic Orientation - New York - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic - Cultural Region - Northeast U.S. |
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| Publisher Description: In the 1970s, Frank Lucas was the king of the Harlem drug trade, bringing in over a million dollars a day. So many heroin addicts were buying from him on 116th Street that he claimed the Transit Authority changed the bus routes to avoid them. He lived a glamorous life, hobnobbing with athletes, musicians, and politicians, but Lucas was a ruthless gangster. He was notorious for using the coffins of dead GIs to smuggle heroin into the United States and, before being sentenced to seventy years in prison, he played a major role in the near death of New York City. In American Gangster, Mark Jacobson's captivating account of the life of Frank Lucas (the basis for the forthcoming major motion picture) joins other tales of New York City from the past thirty years. The collection features a number of Jacobson's most famous essays, as well as previous unpublished work and recent articles on 9/11 conspiracy theorists, America's #1 escort, and Harlem's own Charles Rangel, the new chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee. American Gangster is a vibrant, many-layered portrait of the most fascinating city in the world, by one of the most acclaimed journalists of our time. |