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Search - The Ghosts of Eden Park: The Bootleg King, the Women Who Pursued Him, and the Murder That Shocked Jazz-Age America

The Ghosts of Eden Park The Bootleg King the Women Who Pursued Him and the Murder That Shocked JazzAge America
Author: Karen Abbott

The epic true crime story of the most successful bootlegger in American history and the murder that shocked the nation, from the New York Times bestselling author of Sin in the Second City and Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy — In the early days of Prohibition, long before Al Capone became a household name, a German immigrant named George Remus quit... more »s practicing law and starts trafficking whiskey. Within two years he's a multi-millionaire. The press calls him "King of the Bootleggers," writing breathless stories about the Gatsby-esque events he and his glamorous second wife, Imogene, host at their Cincinnati mansion, with party favors ranging from diamond jewelry for the men to brand-new Pontiacs for the women. By the summer of 1921, Remus owns 35 percent of all the liquor in the United States.

Pioneering prosecutor Mabel Walker Willebrandt is determined to bring him down. Willebrandt's bosses at the U.S. Attorney's office hired her right out of law school, assuming she'd pose no real threat to the cozy relationship they maintain with Remus. Eager to prove them wrong, she dispatches her best investigator, Franklin Dodge, to look into his empire. It's a decision with deadly consequences. With the fledgling FBI on the case, Remus is quickly imprisoned for violating the Volstead Act. Her husband behind bars, Imogene begins an affair with Dodge. Together, they plot to ruin Remus, sparking a bitter feud that soon reaches the highest levels of government--and that can only end in murder.

Combining deep historical research with novelistic flair, The Ghosts of Eden Park is the unforgettable, stranger-than-fiction story of a rags-to-riches entrepreneur and a long-forgotten heroine, of the excesses and absurdities of the Jazz Age, and of the infinite human capacity to deceive.

Advance praise for The Ghosts of Eden Park

?Prose so rich and evocative, you feel you?re living the story?and full of lots of ?I didn?t know that? moments. Gatsby-era noir at its best.??Erik Larson, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Dead Wake and Devil in the White City

?Few authors write as colorfully and compellingly about the past as Karen Abbott, particularly when bad behavior is involved. In The Ghosts of Eden Park, we meet the audacious, larger-than-life ?King of the Bootleggers,? George Remus, and the equally fascinating women who will seal his fate. Sex and greed, corruption and revenge, oceans of illegal booze?Abbott?s action-packed, riveting tale has it all.??Paula McLain, New York Times bestselling author of The Paris Wife and Love and Ruin

ISBN-13: 9780451498625
ISBN-10: 0451498623
Publication Date: 8/6/2019
Pages: 432
Rating:

Currently 3/5 Stars.

3 stars, based on 3 ratings

Publisher: Crown
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
Members Wishing: 12
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Genres:

Biographies & Memoirs >> Arts & Literature >> Composers & Musicians >> Jazz
Biographies & Memoirs >> Historical >> United States
Biographies & Memoirs >> True Crime >> Crime & Criminal Biographies
Biographies & Memoirs >> True Crime >> Murder & Mayhem
History >> Americas >> United States >> State & Local
History >> World >> Women in History

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