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October 2019 marks the 100th anniversary of the Volstead Act, which put the enforcement teeth into Prohibition. But the law didn't stop George Remus from cornering the boozy, illegal liquor marketplace and amassing a fortune that eclipsed $200 million (the equivalent of $4.75 billion today). As eminent documentarian Ken Burns proclaimed, "Remus was to bootlegging what Rockefeller was to oil." Author Bob Batchelor has unearthed a treasure trove of untapped historical archives to cover the life, times, and crimes of the man who ran the largest bootlegging operation in America.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Disappointing
- De Amazon Customer en 06-02-20
De: Bob Batchelor
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Conviction
- The Murder Trial That Powered Thurgood Marshall's Fight for Civil Rights
- De: Denver Nicks, John Nicks
- Narrado por: Ron Butler
- Duración: 6 h y 32 m
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On New Year's Eve, 1939, a horrific triple murder occurred in rural Oklahoma. Within a matter of days, investigators identified several suspects: convicts who had been at a craps game with one of the victims the night before. Also at the craps game was a young black farmer named W. D. Lyons. Political pressure mounted to find a villain. The governor's representative settled on Lyons, who was arrested, tortured into signing a confession, and tried for the murder. The NAACP's new Legal Defense and Education Fund sent its young chief counsel, Thurgood Marshall, to take part in the trial.
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5 out of 5 stars
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What a piece of history 💕
- De GenXtinction en 01-12-21
De: Denver Nicks, y otros
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Snow-Storm in August
- The Passions That Sparked Washington City's First Race Riot in the Violent Summer of 1835
- De: Jefferson Morley
- Narrado por: Peter Jay Fernandez
- Duración: 9 h y 18 m
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Editor and investigative reporter Jefferson Morley has been widely published in national periodicals and is the author of the critically acclaimed nonfiction work Our Man in Mexico. An eye-opening look at Washington’s first race riot, Snow-Storm in August also offers revealing profiles of Arthur Bowen, the slave blamed for the riot, and “Star Spangled Banner” lyricist Francis Scott Key, a defender of slavery who sought capital punishment for Bowen.
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3 out of 5 stars
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An interesting
- De BDHumbert en 08-27-18
De: Jefferson Morley
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Duel with the Devil
- The True Story of How Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr Teamed Up to Take on America's First Sensational Murder Mystery
- De: Paul Collins
- Narrado por: Mark Peckham
- Duración: 7 h y 58 m
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In the closing days of 1799, the United States was still a young republic, its uncertain future contested by the two major political parties of the day: the well-moneyed Federalists, led by Alexander Hamilton, and the populist Republicans, led by Aaron Burr. The two finest lawyers in New York, Burr and Hamilton were bitter rivals both in and out of the courtroom, and as the next election approached - with Manhattan likely to be the swing district on which the presidency would hinge - their animosity reached a fever pitch.
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4 out of 5 stars
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The Trial of the Century
- De Jean en 09-06-15
De: Paul Collins
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American Scoundrel
- The Life of the Notorious Civil War General Dan Sickles
- De: Tom Kenneally
- Narrado por: Humphrey Bower
- Duración: 13 h y 40 m
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On the last, cold Sunday of February 1859, Daniel Sickles shot his wife's lover in Washington's Lafayette Square, just across from the White House. This is the story of that killing and its repercussions. Thomas Keneally brilliantly recreates an extraordinary period, when women were punished for violating codes of society that did not bind men. And the caddish, good-looking Dan Sickles personifies the extremes of the era.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Interesting Good Listen
- De Kindle Customer en 01-10-24
De: Tom Kenneally
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A Secret Life
- The Lies and Scandals of President Grover Cleveland
- De: Charles Lachman
- Narrado por: Joe Barrett
- Duración: 12 h y 24 m
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The child was born on September 14, 1874, at the only hospital in Buffalo, New York, that offered maternity services for unwed mothers. It was a boy, and though he entered the world in a state of illegitimacy, a distinguished name was given to this newborn: Oscar Folsom Cleveland. The son of the future president of the United States - Grover Cleveland. The story of how the man who held the nation’s highest office eventually came to take responsibility for his son is a thrilling one that unfolds like a sordid romance novel....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Are the charges true?
- De Jean en 02-16-13
De: Charles Lachman
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The Bourbon King
- The Life and Crimes of George Remus, Prohibition's Evil Genius
- De: Bob Batchelor
- Narrado por: Joe Barrett
- Duración: 13 h y 8 m
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 37
October 2019 marks the 100th anniversary of the Volstead Act, which put the enforcement teeth into Prohibition. But the law didn't stop George Remus from cornering the boozy, illegal liquor marketplace and amassing a fortune that eclipsed $200 million (the equivalent of $4.75 billion today). As eminent documentarian Ken Burns proclaimed, "Remus was to bootlegging what Rockefeller was to oil." Author Bob Batchelor has unearthed a treasure trove of untapped historical archives to cover the life, times, and crimes of the man who ran the largest bootlegging operation in America.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Disappointing
- De Amazon Customer en 06-02-20
De: Bob Batchelor
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Satan's Circus
- Murder, Vice, Police Corruption, and New York's Trial of the Century
- De: Mike Dash
- Narrado por: Robertson Dean
- Duración: 12 h y 50 m
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 132
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 60
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 63
They called it Satan's Circus, a square mile of Midtown Manhattan where vice ruled, sin flourished, and depravity danced in every doorway. At the turn of the 20th century, murder was so common in the vice district that few people were surprised when the loudmouthed owner of a shabby casino was gunned down on the steps of its best hotel.
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4 out of 5 stars
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New York, N.Y
- De Robert en 07-11-07
De: Mike Dash
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Furious Hours
- Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee
- De: Casey Cep
- Narrado por: Hillary Huber
- Duración: 11 h y 15 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 1,388
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,191
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 1,195
Reverend Willie Maxwell was a rural preacher accused of murdering five of his family members for insurance money in the 1970s. With the help of a savvy lawyer, he escaped justice for years until a relative shot him dead at the funeral of his last victim. Despite hundreds of witnesses, Maxwell's murderer was acquitted—thanks to the same attorney who had previously defended the reverend. Casey Cep brings this story to life, from the shocking murders to the courtroom drama to the racial politics of the Deep South.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great book, needs a Southern narrator
- De Joseph Wu en 06-06-19
De: Casey Cep
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Southern Horrors & The Red Record (AmazonClassics Edition)
- De: Ida B. Wells-Barnett
- Narrado por: Kristyl Dawn Tift
- Duración: 4 h y 58 m
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 23
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In the United States at the turn of the nineteenth century, crusading African American journalist Ida B. Wells-Barnett bravely reported on the scourge of white supremacist violence that had personally impacted her own life and work. Her reporting exposed and riled the South, enlightened uninformed Northerners, and captured international attention. Southern Horrors and The Red Record offer extensive accounts of the lynching, cruelty, and hate that African Americans faced in the early years of the Jim Crow South.
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5 out of 5 stars
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So Courageous
- De eric lewis en 09-29-23
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The Case of the Murderous Dr. Cream
- The Hunt for a Victorian Era Serial Killer
- De: Dean Jobb
- Narrado por: Steven Crossley
- Duración: 9 h y 43 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 134
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 115
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 115
In the span of fifteen years, Dr. Thomas Neill Cream murdered as many as ten people in the United States, Britain, and Canada, a death toll with almost no precedent. Poison was his weapon of choice. Largely forgotten today, this villain was as brazen as the notorious Jack the Ripper. The Case of the Murderous Dr. Cream exposes the blind trust given to medical practitioners, as well as the flawed detection methods, bungled investigations, corrupt officials, and stifling morality of Victorian society that allowed Dr. Cream to prey on vulnerable and desperate women.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Hard to Follow
- De Jessica en 08-26-21
De: Dean Jobb
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The Lynching
- The Epic Courtroom Battle That Brought Down the Klan
- De: Laurence Leamer
- Narrado por: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Duración: 10 h y 19 m
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On a Friday night in March 1981, Henry Hays and James Knowles scoured the streets of Mobile in their car, hunting for a black man. The young men were members of Klavern 900 of the United Klans of America. They were seeking to retaliate after a largely black jury could not reach a verdict in a trial involving a black man accused of the murder of a white man. The two Klansmen found 19-year-old Michael Donald walking home alone.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Very Readable
- De Jean en 06-10-16
De: Laurence Leamer
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Race Against Time
- De: Jerry Mitchell
- Narrado por: Jerry Mitchell
- Duración: 13 h y 12 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 183
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 161
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In Race Against Time, Mitchell takes listeners on the twisting, pulse-racing road that led to the reopening of four of the most infamous killings from the days of the Civil Rights Movement, decades after the fact. His work played a central role in bringing killers to justice for the assassination of Medgar Evers, the firebombing of Vernon Dahmer, the 16th Street Church bombing in Birmingham, and the Mississippi Burning case. Mitchell reveals how he unearthed secret documents and found long-lost suspects and witnesses, building up evidence strong enough to take on the Klan.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Absolutely horrible reading
- De Grace O'Malley en 03-14-20
De: Jerry Mitchell
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Devil in the Grove
- Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America
- De: Gilbert King
- Narrado por: Peter Francis James
- Duración: 17 h y 53 m
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Arguably the most important American lawyer of the 20th century, Thurgood Marshall was on the verge of bringing the landmark suit Brown v. Board of Education before the US Supreme Court when he became embroiled in a case that threatened to change the course of the civil rights movement and to cost him his life. In 1949, Florida's orange industry was booming, and citrus barons got rich on the backs of cheap Jim Crow labor with the help of Sheriff Willis V. McCall, who ruled Lake County with murderous resolve....
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5 out of 5 stars
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the fight for civil rights
- De Jean en 01-17-14
De: Gilbert King
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Arc of Justice
- A Saga of Race, Civil Rights, and Murder in the Jazz Age
- De: Kevin Boyle
- Narrado por: Lizan Mitchell
- Duración: 17 h y 26 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 302
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The grandson of a slave, Dr. Ossian Sweet moved his family to an all-white Detroit neighborhood in 1925. When his neighbors attempted to drive him out, Sweet defended himself, resulting in the death of a white man and a murder trial for Sweet. There followed one of the most important (and shockingly unknown) cases in Civil Rights history. Also caught up in the intense courtroom drama were legal giant Clarence Darrow and the newly formed National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
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4 out of 5 stars
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Gripping narrative
- De Chris en 04-13-09
De: Kevin Boyle
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The Devil's Gentleman
- Privilege, Poison, and the Trial That Ushered in the Twentieth Century
- De: Harold Schechter
- Narrado por: Sean Runnette
- Duración: 15 h y 12 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 186
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 170
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The wayward son of a revered Civil War general, Roland Molineux enjoyed good looks, status, and fortune - hardly the qualities of a prime suspect in a series of shocking, merciless cyanide killings. Molineux's subsequent indictment for murder led to two explosive trials and a sex-infused scandal that shocked the nation. Bringing to life Manhattan's Gilded Age, Schechter captures all the colors of the tumultuous legal proceedings.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Book Without an Accompanying Wiki Page Is Always A Treat
- De Carolina en 02-27-17
De: Harold Schechter
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Oliver Wendell Holmes
- A Life in War, Law, and Ideas
- De: Stephen Budiansky
- Narrado por: Robertson Dean
- Duración: 16 h y 38 m
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Holmes twice escaped death as a young Union officer in the Civil War when musket balls barely missed his heart and spinal cord. He lived ever after with unwavering moral courage, scorn for dogma, and an insatiable intellectual curiosity. Named to the Supreme Court by Theodore Roosevelt at age 61, he served for nearly three decades, writing a series of famous, eloquent, and often dissenting opinions that would prove prophetic in securing freedom of speech, protecting the rights of criminal defendants, and ending the Court's reactionary resistance to social and economic reforms.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Top-Notch Biography
- De Jean en 08-01-19
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The Girl on the Velvet Swing
- Sex, Murder, and Madness at the Dawn of the Twentieth Century
- De: Simon Baatz
- Narrado por: Christine Lakin
- Duración: 10 h y 24 m
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In 1901 Evelyn Nesbit, a chorus girl, dined alone with the architect Stanford White in his townhouse on 24th Street in New York. Nesbit, just 16 years old, had recently moved to the city. White was 47. As the foremost architect of his day, he was a celebrity. She told no one that White raped her that night until, several years later, she confided in Harry Thaw, the millionaire playboy who would later become her husband. Thaw, thirsting for revenge, shot and killed White in 1906 before hundreds of theatergoers during a performance in Madison Square Garden.
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1 out of 5 stars
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"The Girl" is barely in this book
- De Polly L. Mccall en 07-12-18
De: Simon Baatz
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Empire of Sin
- De: Gary Krist
- Narrado por: Robertson Dean
- Duración: 10 h y 49 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 311
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Empire of Sin re-creates the remarkable story of New Orleans' 30-years war against itself, pitting the city's elite "better half" against its powerful and long-entrenched underworld of vice, perversity, and crime. This early-20th-century battle centers on one man: Tom Anderson, the undisputed czar of the city's Storyville vice district, who fights desperately to keep his empire intact as it faces onslaughts from all sides.
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4 out of 5 stars
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very interesting
- De Claireoline en 02-20-15
De: Gary Krist