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" Black Caesar : "
Ron Chepesiuk.
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BL
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838612
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Chepesiuk, Ron,1944-
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Black Caesar : : the rise and disappearance of Frank Matthews, kingpin /\ Ron Chepesiuk.
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Rock Hill, SC :: Strategic Media Inc.,, [2013]
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, ©2013
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1 online resource (185 pages) :: illustrations
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0985244011
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: 9780985244019
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0985244011
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-185) and index.
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| Contents
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Prologue: jumping bail -- The formative years -- Go east young man -- Becoming a kingpin -- A living legend is made -- The investigation begins -- Closing in -- Black Caesar goes down -- Flight -- The DEA manhunt -- The marshals take over -- Epilogue: dead or alive?
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Born in 1944 in Durham, North Carolina, Matthews left his hometown when he was a teenager, going first to Philadelphia and then to New York City. By the early 1970s, Frank Matthews had become America's biggest drug kingpin. His organization, headquartered in Brooklyn, stretched across 21 states, and he became the only Black gangster to establish direct ties to the French Connection heroin pipeline. ... The $15 to 20 million he disappeared with is roughly equivalent to $100 million in today's cash. The book explores various theories about the fate of Frank Matthews, and the author offers his own conclusion about the mystery.--P. [4] of cover.
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Matthews, Frank,1944-
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Matthews, Frank,1944-
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Criminals-- New York (State)-- New York.
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Drug traffic-- New York (State)-- New York.
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Gangsters-- New York (State)-- New York.
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Organized crime-- New York (State)-- New York.
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Criminals.
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Drug traffic.
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Gangsters.
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Organized crime.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Criminology.
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New York (State), New York.
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364.1092
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HV6248.M38
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