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THE DRAGONHEAD: The Godfather of Chinese Crime - His Rise and Fall
by Sack, John
- Used
- as new
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- As New/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0609603531
- ISBN 13
- 9780609603536
- Seller
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Los Angeles, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY, U.S.A.: Crown Publishing Group, Inc., 2001. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The Chinese Mafia has always been a mystery to both law enforcement and the media--part of an unapproachable and unfathomable conglomeration of secret societies operating worldwide. To this day, though, police and prosecutors insist that Johnny Kon's own secret organization--the Big Circle--is public enemy number one. Distinguished journalist John Sack spent twelve years fearlessly shadowing and befriending the most powerful crime lord in the Chinese Mafia, and introduces us to this secret world and its top criminal mastermind, reporting from the homes, hotel rooms, crime scenes, and jail cells of Johnny and his gang, all reported with their full cooperation. From Kon's escape from poverty in China and his golden years as a smuggler during the Vietnam war, THE DRAGONHEAD traces Johnny's rapid rise to power and chronicles the growth of his heroin cartel, as it smuggles a billion dollars worth of drugs into the United States. Sack also shows the humanity behind the previously impenetrable wall of the Chinese and American underworlds, rife with shocking crimes, bound by unforgiving codes of honor. At once a loyal husband and father and a ruthless crime boss, Johnny Kon is by turns fascinating and repellent, but ultimately unforgettable. As new, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket. A71
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- Bookseller
- Joe Staats, Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4884
- Title
- THE DRAGONHEAD: The Godfather of Chinese Crime - His Rise and Fall
- Author
- Sack, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New As New
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0609603531
- ISBN 13
- 9780609603536
- Publisher
- Crown Publishing Group, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 2001
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- CHINESE AMERICANS CRIME CRIMINALS CHINA HONG KONG BIOGRAPHY ORGANIZED AUTOBIOGRAPHY GENERAL SOCIAL SCIENCE CRIMINOLOGY ETHNOLOGY China, General, General, General, Science & Technology
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- Biography; TRUE;
- Product_type
- 2
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Joe Staats, Bookseller
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About the Seller
Joe Staats, Bookseller
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Los Angeles, California
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We specialize in collectible, contemporary signed first editions. First edition means the first printing. (Later printings of the first edition are typically not printed on acid-free paper, and should be avoided by collectors.) Signatures are obtained by us in person. Inscribed books sold by us may contain a line, a phrase, or a sketch that the author has chosen to add. Our signed books are not dedicated to anybody in particular (not to your grandmother, your Aunt Gladys, your ex-lover or your former cellmate), except in the rare case of a presentation copy from an author to a noteworthy person. All our books are hardcover, unless the book is an Advance Reading Copy, Uncorrected Proof, or PBO. You can expect that the books we send you will be as described, and in a physical condition worthy of the author’s having signed them. We do not sell remainder-marked books, signed or otherwise
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