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The Last Testament of Lucky Luciano

Dictated by Charles "Lucky" Luciano himself during his final months of his life to film producer Martin A. Gosch, this powerful inside chronicle is literally the "last testament" of America's most notorious gangster.

Subject
biographytrue crimehistory
Genre
crime
Themes
mafia
Audience
adult
Length
long · 461 pages

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