Lucky Luciano: The Man Who Organized Crime in America

by Hickman Powell, Ed Becker (Afterword), Charles Grutner (Preface by)

Written by a top investigative reporter who coverd Luciano's trail from begining to end. This book is a detailed account of Luciano's intriguing life.

Genres: True Crime

341 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2000

Reviews

[Grace Hooyman · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was very interesting in the fact that it gave insights into who the key players were in getting Lucky Luciano locked up for racketeering. However, it spent little to no time detailing Charlie himself which was a bit of a disappointment.

[Jennifer Nelson · Rating 2 out of 5]

There's a photo of Lucky Luciano on the cover. That's about it.

[Susan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Written about the 1936 trial against Lucky Luciano with lots of good photos and udpates of what happened next. Superb writing by Powell in a real old fashioned newspaper manner. Very informatve. I learnt alot about the rackets, prostitution and how Organized works.

[Tammy]

A basic biography. This guy changed history.