American Gangster Revisited: The True Story of Frank Lucas

How does the real life of Frank Lucas compare to the Hollywood creation American Gangster starring Danzel Washington and Russell Crowe? Ron Chepesiuk investigates the life and times of Frank Lucas and answers many questions: How big a drug trafficker was he? What was his relationship to the La Cosa Nostra? To legendary gangster Bumpy Johnson? Was Lucas really the man, the pioneer and criminal entrepreneur, who opened up the Asian heroin connection? Was he an informant? Did he move heroin from Asia to the U.S. using the infamous cadaver connection? What was his relationship with drug kingpin Ike Atkinson AKA Sergeant Smack?

Anyone wanting to learn the real story behind Hollywood's making of a gangster legend will want to read this insightful book. It also provides interesting information on the colorful era and times in which Frank Lucas operated.