King of the Bootleggers : A Biography of George Remus

Cook, William A.

McFarland & Co Inc（2008/05発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 225 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780786436521
• DDC分類 364.133

Full Description

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.

Contents

Table of Contents

Introduction     

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