ForeWord, July 1st, 2007
Work Title: The Case Against Lucky Luciano: New York's Most Sensational Vice Trial
Work Author(s): Ellen Poulsen
Clinton Cook Publishing
46 b/w photographs and illustrations, 240 pages, Hardcover $24.95
Crime
ISBN: 9780971720015
Reviewer: Alan J. Couture
When notorious mob boss Charles "Lucky" Luciano was arrested on vice charges, his first thought was of the hit his "tough-guy" image would take. "Prostitution?" he lamented, "I'd rather be tried for murder."
Despite his preference, Luciano's legacy will always be tied to the Depression-era New York City prostitution racket---from the...
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