In an era that featured names like Capone, Rothstein, Luciano, and Nucky Thompson of Boardwalk Empire fame, Remus broke the mold. A talented lawyer, pharmacist, and social-climbing doctor obsessed over his wife’s affair with a G-man, he grew so powerful, he even had President Warren G. Harding in his pocket.
Bob Batchelor is a cultural historian who has written or edited more than two dozen books on popular culture and American literature, including books about John Updike, The Great Gatsby, and Mad Men. He lives in the Queen City of Cincinnati, Ohio, and teaches at Miami University.
Find him at BobBatchelor.com, on Facebook, or at the Twitter and Instagram handle @BobPBatchelor.
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