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The Jazz Bird
by Holden, Craig
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1585471658
- ISBN 13
- 9781585471652
- Seller
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Woodlawn, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Thorndike, Maine, U.S.A.: Center Point Pub, 2002. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Pencil mark on the lower edges. A few indented lines on the front cover, else fine.
Synopsis
An exquisitely written novel of love and betrayal, of money and power, set at the apex of that time of glitz and innocence known as the Jazz Age CINCINNATI, 1927... Lawyer George Remus became the country's biggest bootlegger, grossing over $80 million until his arrest. Upon his release from prison, he learns that his beautiful wife, Imogene, has left him and that his bank accounts are empty. On the morning of their divorce, he runs her car off the road in the middle of rush hour in Eden Park and shoots her to death. Shocked and fascinated by this horrible crime, the country gears up for a sensational trial pitting the man known as ""the king of the bootleggers"" against Chief Prosecutor Charlie Taft, the youngest son of the former president. The trial is a national spectacle, a lens focused on the fabulous rise and fall of the Remus empire and the tragic love story within it, and an attempt to answer some tantalizing questions: What actually happened to the fortune? What are the motives of the federal agent who brought Remus down? What complex emotions and desires, leading ultimately to the ruin of three men, really lie within the heart of the woman known as the Jazz Bird? Based on a true story, The Jazz Bird is at once a love story, a crime novel, and the tale of the courtroom battle between two powerful men whose respective futures hang in the balance.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Granada Bookstore (Member IOBA)
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010566
- Title
- The Jazz Bird
- Author
- Holden, Craig
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 1585471658
- ISBN 13
- 9781585471652
- Publisher
- Center Point Pub
- Place of Publication
- Thorndike, Maine, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 2002
- Pages
- 334
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Remus, George, - 1878-1952 - Fiction; Cincinnati (Ohio) - Fiction; Trials (Murder) - Fiction. Crime & Caper
- Product_type
- Large Print
Terms of Sale
Granada Bookstore (Member IOBA)
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Granada Bookstore (Member IOBA)
Biblio member since 2013
Woodlawn, Illinois
About Granada Bookstore (Member IOBA)
I have a small inventory of about 23,000 titles. I sell from my own property and only on-line. I started selling on line in 1999. This is my Fourth year with Biblio.
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