The rise and fall of the man who cracked Prohibition to become one of the world's richest criminal mastermindsāand helped inspire
The Great Gatsby.
Love, murder, political intrigue, mountains of cash, and rivers of bourbonā¦The tale of George Remus is a grand spectacle and a lens into the dark heart of Prohibition. Yes, Congress gave teeth to Prohibition in October, 1919, but the law didn't stop George Remus from amassing a fortune that would be worth billions of dollars today. As one Jazz Age journalist put it, "Remus was to bootlegging what Rockefeller was to oil."
Author Bob Batchelor breathes life into the largest bootlegging operation in Americaāgreater than that of Al Caponeāand a man considered the best criminal defense lawyer of his era. Remus bought an empire of distilleries on Kentucky's "Bourbon Trail" and used his other profession, as a pharmacist, to profit off legal loopholes. He spent millions bribing officials in the Harding Administration, and he created a roaring lifestyle that epitomized the Jazz Age over which he ruled.
That is, before he came crashing down in one of the most sensational murder cases in American history: a cheating wife, the G-man who seduced her and put Remus in jail, 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 inventedātemporary maniacal insanity.
"The fantastic story of George Remus makes the rest of the "Roaring Twenties" look like the "Boring Twenties" in comparison." ?David Pietrusza, author of
1920: The Year of the Six Presidents
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The Bourbon King
The Life and Crimes of George Remus, Prohibition's Evil Genius
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Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Advance Praise for Bob Batchelor's The Bourbon King
- Also by Bob Batchelor
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Prologue: Awash in Red
- PART ONE: BIRTH OF A BOOTLEGGER
- PART TWO: KING OF THE BOOTLEGGERS
- PART THREE: PLUNDERING AN EMPIRE
- PART FOUR: A VERY DANGEROUS MAN
- PART FIVE: LOST MILLIONS
- Epilogue: Fall of the Bootleg Baron
- Timeline
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Prologue
- About the Author
- Footnotes
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