![]() ![]() I also want to go to a few more distilleries. Will you come back again when you’re not working?Ībbott: “I love Louisville. ![]() Now you’ve got two book appearances next month here in Louisville. I spoke to Karen Abbott by phone recently from her home in New York City. The meticulously researched book reads like a noir novel, but every line of dialogue was actually said by the characters, gleaned from newspaper stories, court transcripts, and other historical documents. Abbott will speak to the Filson Historical Society on March 5, and the Bourbon Women social organization on March 6.Ībbott’s narrative fiction book is the true story of George Remus, a Cincinnati attorney who became known as the King of the Bootleggers after using his background in law and working in a pharmacy to become a multimillionaire who eventually controlled more than 35 percent of the liquor in the country. ![]() New York Times best-selling author and historian Karen Abbott returns to Louisville in March to discuss her book The Ghosts of Eden Park, a story of Prohibition-era bootlegging, gangsters, greed, whiskey, and murder. The Bootleg King, the Women who Pursued Him, and the Murder that Shocked Jazz-Age America By Brian G. ![]()
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