Lucky Luciano Mysterious Tales of a Gangster Legend

Charles Lucky Luciano is one of the most researched, discussed and dissected American mobsters of all time.

His name has become synonymous with NY City's high drama gangland days of prohibition bootlegging, the information of the infamous five families, and controversy over his alleged Last Testament.

However, there exists many fascinating and lurid tales and theories regarding Lucky's rise and fall from the mobs top spot.

Some of these stories are known, but still incited debate, such as the origins of his nickname and menacing facial scars.

Other legends are not so well known to the general public with information culled from expert interviews, rare news articles, government documents, numerous books, and over 50 amazing and rare photographs from the author's personal collection, this book will give readers a chance to discover Luciano in a way that engages the mystery of his pop culture status, while encouraging further debate over the facts that fallacies that exist about his true role in the history of the American mafia structure.