{"product_id":"2940169833355","title":"Original Gangster: The Real Life Story of One of America's Most Notorious Drug Lords","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn his own words, real-life American gangster Frank Lucas recounts his life as the former heroin dealer and organized crime boss who ran Harlem during the late 1960s and early 1970s. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDetermined to break the Italian Mafia¿s monopoly over drug smuggling in New York, Frank cut out middlemen and began smuggling heroin into the United States directly from his source in Vietnam using the coffins of dead American soldiers. Making a million dollars per day from his ¿Blue Magic,¿ the purest heroin on the street, Frank Lucas became one of the most powerful crime lords of his time, while rubbing shoulders with the elite in entertainment, politics, and crime. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis powerful memoir reveals what really happened to the man whose rise and fall was dramatized in the 2007 feature film \u003cem\u003eAmerican Gangster\u003c\/em\u003e, exposing a startling look at the world of organized crime.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrank Lucas is a former heroin dealer and organized crime boss who operated in Harlem during the 1960s and 1970s whose career was the focus of the 2007 film \u003ci\u003eAmerican Gangster\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Blackstone Audio production.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blackstone Audio, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47100566929648,"sku":"2940169833355","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169833355_p0.jpg?v=1769900973","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169833355","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}