Invisible: The Forgotten Story of the Black Woman Lawyer Who Took Down America's Most Powerful Mobster

by Stephen L. Carter

Book Overview

The bestselling author delves into his past and discovers the inspiring story of his grandmother's extraordinary life

She was black and a woman and a prosecutor, a graduate of Smith College and the granddaughter of slaves, as dazzlingly unlikely a combination as one could imagine in New York of the 1930s--and without the strategy she devised, Lucky Luciano, the most powerful Mafia boss in history, would never have been convicted...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1250121973
• ISBN13: 9781250121974
• Release Date: October 2018
• Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.4" x 9.5"