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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.
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Hickman Powell was a successful newspaper journalist who followed Luciano's trial from its inception to the jury verdict making it the most complete account ever printed. He became a close friend of District Attorney Thomas E. Dewey, who gave him a front seat at the trial.
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Rerprint of the 1939 work published as Ninety Times Guilty . Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).
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- PublisherBarricade Books
- Publication date2015
- ISBN 10 1569809003
- ISBN 13 9781569809006
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages352
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