9781635767384 - Bourbon King: The Life and Crimes of George Remus, Prohibition's Evil Genius von Batchelor, Bob (7 Ergebnisse)

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Zustand: New. &Uumlber den AutorrnrnBob Batchelor is a critically-acclaimed, bestselling cultural historian and biographer. He has published widely on American history and literature, including books on Stan Lee, Bob Dylan, The Great Gatsby, Mad Men, .

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - On the 100th anniversary of The Volstead Act taking effect comes the epic, definitive story of the man who cracked the Prohibition system and helped inspire The Great Gatsby.'[Batchelor] makes this flashy bootlegger sound like a folk hero.Behold the king.' -New York Times Book Review'It's all here: murder, mayhem-and high-priced hooch.' -David Pietrusza, author of 1920In October 1919, Congress gave teeth to Prohibition. But the law didn't stop George Remus from amassing a fortune equivalent to billions today. As one journalist put it, 'Remus was to bootlegging what Rockefeller was to oil.'The Bourbon King breathes life into America's largest illegal booze operation-greater than that of Al Capone-and a man considered the best criminal defense lawyer of his era. Remus cracked the system by purchasing an empire of distilleries on Kentucky's 'Bourbon Trail' and using his other profession, as a pharmacist, to profit off legal loopholes. He stole, bribed, and partied, a roaring lifestyle epitomizing the Jazz Age over which he ruled.That is, before he came crashing down in one of American history's most sensational murder cases in: a cheating wife, the G-man who seduced her and jailed Remus, and the plunder of a Bourbon Empire. Remus murdered his wife in cold blood and then shocked a nation, winning his freedom based on a condition he invented-temporary maniacal insanity.Love, murder, political intrigue, mountains of cash, and rivers of bourbon.the tale of George Remus is a grand spectacle, and a lens into the dark heart of Prohibition and the mastermind behind one of its richest rackets.'Larger-than-life characters take the reins of this story, a rip-roaring good time for any American history buff or true-crime fan.' -Publishers Weekly, starred review.