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The Jazz Bird
by Holden, Craig
- Used
- Very Good
- Paperback
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Pueblo, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
New York: Simon & Schuster. Very Good. 2001. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. Signed and inscribed by Holden, and dated in Chicago 6 months before publication. An Advance Reading Copy in pictorial wrappers. Based on a true story, this novel by Holden delves deep into the murk of the Jazz Age. By the author of The River Sorrow. ; 313 pages; Signed by Author .
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
- Bungalow Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18264
- Title
- The Jazz Bird
- Author
- Holden, Craig
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2001
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Remus, George,; 1876-1952; Fiction.; Trials (Murder); Fiction.; , Prohibition; Fiction.; Criminals; Fiction.; Cincinnati (Ohio); Fiction.; , Biographical fiction., Craig Holden, FIRST Edition, Advance Reading Copy
Terms of Sale
Bungalow Books, ABAA
Any item may be returned in original condition for any reason within a reasonable period and payment will be refunded.
About the Seller
Bungalow Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2009
Pueblo, Colorado
About Bungalow Books, ABAA
We are a family owned bookstore, with an emphasis on crime fiction, and signed books. We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of American (ABAA), and the Rocky Mountain Antiquarian Booksellers Association (RMABA), and we exhibit regularly at book fairs.
Glossary
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- Reading Copy
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- Wrappers
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- Inscribed
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