The Ghosts of Eden Park: The Bootleg King, the Women Who Pursued Him, and the Murder That Shocked Jazz-Age America
- ISBN-10
- 0451498623
- ISBN-13
- 9780451498625
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 432
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2019
- Publisher
- Crown
- Author
- Karen Abbott
Description
"A narrative history of George Remus, who the press called "king of the bootleggers," and a Jazz-Age murder trial"--
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