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Informationen zum Autor William A. Cook is the author of numerous books, including 11 on baseball history, and has appeared in productions on ESPN2 and the MLB Network. A former health care administrator and township councilman in North Brunswick, New Jersey, he resides in Manalapan, New Jersey. Klappentext As a pharmacist turned lawyer turned master prohibition era bootlegger, George Remus is now remembered as one of the most notorious figures of the American prohibition. Even though he was a lifelong teetotaler, Remus built one of the nation's largest illegal liquor empires with little regard to disguises or secrecy. This biography tells the complete story of Remus' private life and public persona, focusing especially on the turbulent rise and fall of his bootlegging kingdom. It begins with an overview of Remus' early life and careers in pharmacy and law, and covers his bootlegging career, including his overwhelmingly successful early business ventures, his 1922 bootlegging conviction, his murder of wife Imogene (after she had a well-publicized affair with prohibition agent Franklin Dodge), and Remus' subsequent trial for her murder. Zusammenfassung As a pharmacist turned lawyer turned master prohibition era bootlegger! George Remus is remembered as one of the notorious figures of the American prohibition. This biography tells the story of Remus' private life and public persona! focusing especially on the rise and fall of his bootlegging kingdom. Inhaltsverzeichnis Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Remus Pulls Himself Up by the Bootstraps 2. Murder in the Sherman House 3. Divorce and Career Change for Remus 4. Politics and the Ohio Gang 5. Taking Care of Business 6. Remus Has His Day in Court 7. Smith Commits Suicide and Remus Goes to Prison 8. Remus, Roxy and Means Expose the Ohio Gang 9. Remus Is Cheated Out of Whisky and Wife 10. Imogene Gunned Down-Remus; "I owed this to Society" 11. The Trial, Part One: Jury Selection 12. The Trial, Part Two: Testimony 13. The Trial, Part Three: Final Arguments and Verdict 14. Remus Wins His Freedom 15. Means, Daugherty and Willebrandt Become Authors 16. Beyond Prohibition: Capone Falls and Remus Fights On Chapter Notes Bibliography Index ...
