Abbott will give a book talk and discussion for the Wilton Historical Society’s Booked for Lunch series on Thursday, October 28 from 12:30 – 1:30 on Zoom. Written by Karen Abbott, it is an epic true crime story of the most successful bootlegger in American history and a murder that shocked the nation, from the author of “Sin in the Second City” and “Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy”. Book talk with New York Times Bestselling author Karen Abbott on Thursday, October 28 from 12:30 to 1:30 pmĬombining deep historical research with novelistic flair, “The Ghosts of Eden Park: The Bootleg King, the Women Who Pursued Him, and the Murder That Shocked Jazz-Age America “ is the unforgettable, stranger-than-fiction story of a rags-to-riches entrepreneur (George Remus) and a long-forgotten heroine (Mabel Walker Willebrandt), of the excesses and absurdities of the Jazz Age, and of the infinite human capacity to deceive.
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