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

byAbbot Kahler

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. The argument in The Ghosts of Eden Park develops through biographical detail, personal testimony, and historical context, attending to both broad patterns and the revealing details that resist them. That perspective connects the bootleg king, the women who pursued him, and the murder that shocked jazz-age america to larger questions in biography & autobiography and history, without losing sight of the people living through the consequences.

Publisher

Broadway Books

Publication date

May 05, 2020

Format

Print edition

Pages

448

ISBN

9780451498632