Harlem Godfather: The Rap on my Husband, Ellsworth "Bumpy" Johnson Summary and Reviews

Harlem Godfather: The Rap on my Husband, Ellsworth "Bumpy" Johnson
by Mayme Hatcher Johnson, Karen E. Quinones Miller

Harlem Godfather: The Rap on my Husband, Ellsworth "Bumpy" Johnson
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Author: Karen E. Quinones Miller, Mayme Hatcher Johnson
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-02-29
ISBN: 0967602831
Number of pages: 248
Publisher: Oshun Publishing Company, Inc.

Book Reviews of Harlem Godfather: The Rap on my Husband, Ellsworth "Bumpy" Johnson

Book Review: America's True Gangster Mr. Bumpy Johnson (token)
Summary: 5 Stars

Thank You Mrs. Johnson for sharing this true to heart story about Bumpy Johnson with alot of history intertwined. I looked at American Gangster and Hollywood have it all wrong. From reading this book about Bumpy's life, I feel that he helped pave the way and made Harlem what it is to this day, and his legend still lives thru Harlem. This story was told from his childhood years until his last days. I felt I truly knew Bumpy Johnson when I read the book, but while reading, I wished I had not only knew Mr. Johnson, but I wished only for a glimpse of The Harlem Godfather. This book is told thru his wife's voice, and it was no fairy tale, but it was told from the heart of a woman who loved him the most. I not only learned about Bumpy, but I learned about others such as Lena Horne, Bill "Bojangles", Lucky Luciano, Flash Walker (who Frank Lucas so wanted his life to be) and Billie Holiday. I was the most amazed at how a young little boy from the south that came to Harlem and took over. I also have to give Bumpy his credit whatever he went thru or did, he still loved his people and did his time like a true man and snitching wasn't even in his vocabulary.

Thanks Mrs. Mayme Johnson and Karen E. Quinones from setting the record straight for all of America. Thanks for educating me on a part of American History of Bumpy Johnson, and telling me a story that I will will always know who the real Bumpy Johnson really was from his start until that last tear from my eyes to the end of the book!! Bumpy Johnson, Harlem's and America's True Gangster R.I.P. !!

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