03041cam a2200349 4500 503481022 TxAuBib 20190829120000.0 190405s2019||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2019016196 9780451498625 0451498623 TxAuBib Abbott, Karen, 1973- The ghosts of Eden Park : the bootleg king, the women who pursued him, and the murder that shocked Jazz-Age America / Karen Abbott. Bootleg king, the women who pursued him, and the murder that shocked Jazz-Age America. First edition. New York : Crown, [2019] xviii, 405 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-386) and index. Prologue: reckoning -- The pursued and the pursuing -- Careless people -- The colossal vitality of his illusion. Bklst 07/01/2019. LJ 07/01/2019. Kirkus 07/01/2019. "The epic true crime story of bootlegger George Remus and the murder that shocked the nation. In the early days of Prohibition, long before Al Capone became a household name, a German immigrant named George Remus quits 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 Remus behind bars, Franklin and Imogene begin an affair and plot to ruin him, 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." --book jacket. 20190829. Remus, George 1878-1952 Trials, litigation, etc. Trials (Murder) Ohio Cincinnati History 20th century. Uxoricide Law and legislation Ohio Cincinnati History 20th century. Alcohol trafficking United States Biography. United States Social conditions 1918-1932.