<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[author results for Kahler, Abbott,]]></title><description><![CDATA[author results for Kahler, Abbott,]]></description><link>https://gateway.bibliocommons.com/v2/libraries/toledo/rss/search?query=Kahler%2C%20Abbott%2C&amp;searchType=author&amp;origin=core-catalog-explore&amp;view=grouped</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 17:01:04 GMT</lastBuildDate><item><title><![CDATA[The Ghosts of Eden Park]]></title><description><![CDATA["The epic true crime story of bootlegger George Remus and the murder that shocked the nation, from the New York Times bestselling author of Sin in the Second City and Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy  In the early days of Prohibition, long before Al Capone became a household name, a German immigrant named George Remus quits practicing law and starts trafficking whiskey. Within two years he's a multi-millionaire. The press calls him "King of the Bootleggers," writing breathless stories about the Gatsby-esque events he and his glamorous second wife, Imogene, host at their Cincinnati mansion, with party favors ranging from diamond jewelry for the men to brand-new Pontiacs for the women. By the summer of 1921, Remus owns 35 percent of all the liquor in the United States.  Pioneering prosecutor Mabel Walker Willebrandt is determined to bring him down. Willebrandt's bosses at the U.S. Attorney's office hired her right out of law school, assuming she'd pose no real threat to the cozy relationship they maintain with Remus. Eager to prove them wrong, she dispatches her best investigator, Franklin Dodge, to look into his empire. It's a decision with deadly consequences: with Remus behind bars, Franklin and Imogene begin an affair and plot to ruin him, sparking a bitter feud that soon reaches the highest levels of government--and that can only end in murder.  Combining deep historical research with novelistic flair, THE GHOSTS OF EDEN PARK is the unforgettable, stranger-than-fiction story of a rags-to-riches entrepreneur and a long-forgotten heroine, of the excesses and absurdities of the Jazz Age, and of the infinite human capacity to deceive"-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://toledo.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S218C2246198</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://toledo.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S218C2246198</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kahler, Abbott]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://toledo.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2246198218</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>The Bootleg King, the Women Who Pursued Him, and the Murder That Shocked Jazz- Age America</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780451498625/MC.GIF&amp;client=tlcovega&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy]]></title><description><![CDATA[Karen Abbott illuminates one of the most fascinating yet little known aspects of the Civil War: the stories of four courageous women--a socialite, a farm girl, an abolitionist, and a widow--who were spies. After shooting a Union soldier in her front hall with a pocket pistol, Belle Boyd became a courier and spy for the Confederate army, using her charms to seduce men on both sides. Emma Edmonds cut off her hair and assumed the identity of a man to enlist as a Union private, witnessing the bloodiest battles of the Civil War. The beautiful widow, Rose O'Neale Greenhow, engaged in affairs with powerful Northern politicians to gather intelligence for the Confederacy, and used her young daughter to send information to Southern generals. Elizabeth Van Lew, a wealthy Richmond abolitionist, hid behind her proper Southern manners as she orchestrated a far-reaching espionage ring, right under the noses of suspicious rebel detectives. Using a wealth of primary source material and interviews with the spies' descendants, Abbott seamlessly weaves the adventures of these four heroines throughout the tumultuous years of the war.]]></description><link>https://toledo.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S218C2090449</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://toledo.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S218C2090449</guid><category><![CDATA[BOOK_CD]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kahler, Abbott]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2014 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://toledo.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2090449218</comments><format>BOOK_CD</format><subtitle>Four Women Undercover in the Civil War</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780062353825/MC.GIF&amp;client=tlcovega&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Ghosts of Eden Park]]></title><description><![CDATA[NEW YORK TIMES  BESTSELLER The epic true crime story of the most successful bootlegger in American history and the murder that shocked the nation, from the  New York Times  bestselling author of  Sin in the Second City  and  Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy    "Gatsby-era noir at its best."-Erik Larson  In the early days of Prohibition, long before Al Capone became a household name, a German immigrant named George Remus quits practicing law and starts trafficking whiskey. Within two years he's a multi-millionaire. The press calls him "King of the Bootleggers," writing breathless stories about the Gatsby-esque events he and his glamorous second wife, Imogene, host at their Cincinnati mansion, with party favors ranging from diamond jewelry for the men to brand-new cars for the women. By the summer of 1921, Remus owns 35 percent of all the liquor in the United States.  Pioneering prosecutor Mabel Walker Willebrandt is determined to bring him down. Willebrandt's bosses at the Justice Department hired her right out of law school, assuming she'd pose no real threat to the cozy relationship they maintain with Remus. Eager to prove them wrong, she dispatches her best investigator, Franklin Dodge, to look into his empire. It's a decision with deadly consequences. With the fledgling FBI on the case, Remus is quickly imprisoned for violating the Volstead Act. Her husband behind bars, Imogene begins an affair with Dodge. Together, they plot to ruin Remus, sparking a bitter feud that soon reaches the highest levels of government-and that can only end in murder.  Combining deep historical research with novelistic flair,  The Ghosts of Eden Park  is the unforgettable, stranger-than-fiction story of a rags-to-riches entrepreneur and a long-forgotten heroine, of the excesses and absurdities of the Jazz Age, and of the infinite human capacity to deceive.  Praise for  The Ghosts of Eden Park   "An exhaustively researched, hugely entertaining work of popular history that . . . exhumes a colorful crew of once-celebrated characters and restores them to full-blooded life. . . . [Abbott's] métier is narrative nonfiction and-as this vibrant, enormously readable book makes clear-she is one of the masters of the art." - The Wall Street Journal]]></description><link>https://toledo.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S218C2249419</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://toledo.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S218C2249419</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kahler, Abbott]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://toledo.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2249419218</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle>The Bootleg King, the Women Who Pursued Him, and the Murder That Shocked Jazz-Age America</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780451498649/MC.GIF&amp;client=tlcovega&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Eden Undone]]></title><description><![CDATA["An incredible true story of murder in a Utopian community established on a remote Galápagos island by European refugees and the American industrialist who became embroiled in the investigation-from the author of The Ghosts of Eden Park At the height of the Great Depression, Los Angeles oil mogul George Allan Hancock and his crew of Smithsonian scientists came upon a gruesome scene: two bodies, mummified by the searing heat, on the shore of a remote Galápagos island. For the past four years Hancock and other American elites had traveled the South Seas to collect specimens for scientific research. On one trip to the Galápagos, Hancock was surprised to discover an equally exotic group of humans: European exiles who had fled political and economic unrest, hoping to create a Utopian paradise. One was so devoted to a life of isolation that he'd had his teeth extracted and replaced with a set of steel dentures. As Hancock and his fellow American explorers would witness, paradise had turned into chaos. The three sets of exiles-a Berlin doctor and his lover, a traumatized World War Iveteran and his young family, and an Austrian baroness with two adoring paramours-were riven by conflict. Petty slights led to angry confrontations. The baroness, wielding a riding crop and pearl-handled revolver, staged physical fights between her two lovers and unabashedly seduced American tourists. The conclusion was deadly: with two exiles missing and three others dead, the survivors hurled accusations of murder. Using never-before-published archives, Abbott Kahler weaves a chilling, stranger-than-fiction tale worthy of Agatha Christie. Set against the backdrop of the Great Depression and the march to World War II, with a mystery as alluring and curious as the Galápagos itself, Eden Undone explores the universal and timeless desire to seek utopia-and lays bare the human fallibility that, inevitably, renders such a quest doomed"-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://toledo.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S218C2392076</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://toledo.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S218C2392076</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kahler, Abbott]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://toledo.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2392076218</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>A True Story of Sex, Murder, and Utopia at the Dawn of World War II</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780451498656/MC.GIF&amp;client=tlcovega&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where You End]]></title><description><![CDATA["When twenty-two year old Kat Bird wakes up from a coma, she sees her mirror image: Jude, her twin sister. Kat remembers nothing except Jude's face and name. As Kat tries to relearn her history and identity, she trusts Jude will provide the answers. But as the months progress, Kat begins to fear that, maybe, Jude has been lying to her." -- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://toledo.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S218C2376878</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://toledo.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S218C2376878</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kahler, Abbott]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://toledo.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2376878218</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781250873248/MC.GIF&amp;client=tlcovega&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy]]></title><description><![CDATA[The never-before-told story of four real-life women who risked everything to take on a life of espionage during the Civil War.]]></description><link>https://toledo.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S218C2088227</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://toledo.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S218C2088227</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kahler, Abbott]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2014 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://toledo.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2088227218</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>Four Women Undercover in the Civil War</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780062092892/MC.GIF&amp;client=tlcovega&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy]]></title><description><![CDATA[Belle BoydEmma EdmondsRose O'Neal GreenhowElizabeth Van LewIn Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy, bestselling author Karen Abbott tells the spellbinding true story of four women who risked everything-their homes, their families, and their very lives-during the Civil War.Seventeen-year-old Belle Boyd, an avowed rebel with a dangerous temper, shot a Union soldier in her home and became a courier and spy for the Confederate army, using her considerable charms to seduce men on both sides. Emma Edmonds disguised herself as a man to enlist as a Union private named Frank Thompson, witnessing the bloodiest battles of the war and infiltrating enemy lines, all the while fearing that her past would catch up with her. The beautiful widow Rose O'Neal Greenhow engaged in affairs with powerful Northern politicians, used her young daughter to send information to Southern generals, and sailed abroad to lobby for the Confederacy, a journey that cost her...]]></description><link>https://toledo.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S218C2093796</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://toledo.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S218C2093796</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kahler, Abbott]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2014 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://toledo.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2093796218</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle>Four Women Undercover in the Civil War</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780062092915/MC.GIF&amp;client=tlcovega&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where You End]]></title><description><![CDATA[Coming Soon…]]></description><link>https://toledo.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S218C2378501</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://toledo.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S218C2378501</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kahler, Abbott]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://toledo.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2378501218</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle>A Novel</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781250873255/MC.GIF&amp;client=tlcovega&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where You End]]></title><description><![CDATA["A perfectly paced, addictive thriller with a vicious twist." —Paula Hawkins From bestselling nonfiction author Abbott Kahler comes a spellbinding fiction debut: an unusual form of amnesia upends the lives of identical twins, forcing them to face the indelible, dangerous shadow of the past.  When Kat Bird wakes up from a coma, she sees her mirror image: Jude, her twin sister. Jude's face and name are the only memories Kat has from before her accident. As Kat tries to make sense of things, she believes Jude will provide all the answers to her most pressing questions: Who am I? Where am I? What  actually  happened?  Amid this tragedy, Jude sees an irresistible opportunity: she can give her sister a brand-new past, one worlds away from the lives they actually led. She spins tales of an idyllic childhood, exotic travels, and a bright future. But if everything was so perfect, who are the mysterious people following Kat? And what explains her uncontrollable flashes of violent anger, which begin to jeopardize a sweet new romance? Duped by the one person she trusted, Kat must try to untangle fact from fiction. Yet as she pulls at the threads of Jude's elaborate tapestry, she has no idea of the catastrophe she's inviting. At stake is not just the twins' relationship, but their very survival. Intensely creepy and beautifully written, Abbott Kahler's Where You End is an unforgettable tale of intrigue, revenge, and the quest for redemption.]]></description><link>https://toledo.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S218C2377198</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://toledo.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S218C2377198</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kahler, Abbott]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://toledo.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2377198218</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle>A Novel</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781250873255/MC.GIF&amp;client=tlcovega&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where You End]]></title><description><![CDATA["A perfectly paced, addictive thriller with a vicious twist." —Paula Hawkins From bestselling nonfiction author Abbott Kahler comes a spellbinding fiction debut: an unusual form of amnesia upends the lives of identical twins, forcing them to face the indelible, dangerous shadow of the past.  When Kat Bird wakes up from a coma, she sees her mirror image: Jude, her twin sister. Jude's face and name are the only memories Kat has from before her accident. As Kat tries to make sense of things, she believes Jude will provide all the answers to her most pressing questions: Who am I? Where am I? What  actually  happened?  Amid this tragedy, Jude sees an irresistible opportunity: she can give her sister a brand-new past, one worlds away from the lives they actually led. She spins tales of an idyllic childhood, exotic travels, and a bright future. But if everything was so perfect, who are the mysterious people following Kat? And what explains her uncontrollable flashes of violent anger, which begin to jeopardize a sweet new romance? Duped by the one person she trusted, Kat must try to untangle fact from fiction. Yet as she pulls at the threads of Jude's elaborate tapestry, she has no idea of the catastrophe she's inviting. At stake is not just the twins' relationship, but their very survival. Intensely creepy and beautifully written, Abbott Kahler's Where You End is an unforgettable tale of intrigue, revenge, and the quest for redemption.  A Macmillan Audio production from Henry Holt & Company.]]></description><link>https://toledo.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S218C2378794</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://toledo.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S218C2378794</guid><category><![CDATA[AB]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kahler, Abbott]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://toledo.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2378794218</comments><format>AB</format><subtitle>A Novel</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781250331540/MC.GIF&amp;client=tlcovega&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where You End]]></title><description><![CDATA[Welcome to the twisted world of the Bird twins where one sister's lies sends the other into the dangerous past.]]></description><link>https://toledo.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S218C2378464</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://toledo.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S218C2378464</guid><category><![CDATA[AB]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kahler, Abbott]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://toledo.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2378464218</comments><format>AB</format><subtitle>A Novel</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781250331540/MC.GIF&amp;client=tlcovega&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Ghosts of Eden Park]]></title><description><![CDATA[NEW YORK TIMES  BESTSELLER The epic true crime story of the most successful bootlegger in American history and the murder that shocked the nation, from the  New York Times  bestselling author of  Sin in the Second City  and  Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy    "Gatsby-era noir at its best."-Erik Larson  In the early days of Prohibition, long before Al Capone became a household name, a German immigrant named George Remus quits practicing law and starts trafficking whiskey. Within two years he's a multi-millionaire. The press calls him "King of the Bootleggers," writing breathless stories about the Gatsby-esque events he and his glamorous second wife, Imogene, host at their Cincinnati mansion, with party favors ranging from diamond jewelry for the men to brand-new cars for the women. By the summer of 1921, Remus owns 35 percent of all the liquor in the United States.  Pioneering prosecutor Mabel Walker Willebrandt is determined to bring him down. Willebrandt's bosses at the Justice Department hired her right out of law school, assuming she'd pose no real threat to the cozy relationship they maintain with Remus. Eager to prove them wrong, she dispatches her best investigator, Franklin Dodge, to look into his empire. It's a decision with deadly consequences. With the fledgling FBI on the case, Remus is quickly imprisoned for violating the Volstead Act. Her husband behind bars, Imogene begins an affair with Dodge. Together, they plot to ruin Remus, sparking a bitter feud that soon reaches the highest levels of government-and that can only end in murder.  Combining deep historical research with novelistic flair,  The Ghosts of Eden Park  is the unforgettable, stranger-than-fiction story of a rags-to-riches entrepreneur and a long-forgotten heroine, of the excesses and absurdities of the Jazz Age, and of the infinite human capacity to deceive.  Praise for  The Ghosts of Eden Park   "An exhaustively researched, hugely entertaining work of popular history that . . . exhumes a colorful crew of once-celebrated characters and restores them to full-blooded life. . . . [Abbott's] métier is narrative nonfiction and-as this vibrant, enormously readable book makes clear-she is one of the masters of the art." - The Wall Street Journal]]></description><link>https://toledo.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S218C2249336</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://toledo.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S218C2249336</guid><category><![CDATA[AB]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kahler, Abbott]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://toledo.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2249336218</comments><format>AB</format><subtitle>The Bootleg King, the Women Who Pursued Him, and the Murder That Shocked Jazz-Age America</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780593148020/MC.GIF&amp;client=tlcovega&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy]]></title><description><![CDATA[The never-before-told story of four real-life women who risked everything to take on a life of espionage during the Civil War.]]></description><link>https://toledo.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S218C2091700</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://toledo.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S218C2091700</guid><category><![CDATA[PLAYAWAY_AUDIOBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kahler, Abbott]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2014 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://toledo.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2091700218</comments><format>PLAYAWAY_AUDIOBOOK</format><subtitle>Four Women Undercover in the Civil War</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781467685498/MC.GIF&amp;client=tlcovega&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy]]></title><description><![CDATA[Belle BoydEmma EdmondsRose O'Neal GreenhowElizabeth Van LewIn Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy, bestselling author Karen Abbott tells the spellbinding true story of four women who risked everything-their homes, their families, and their very lives-during the Civil War.Seventeen-year-old Belle Boyd, an avowed rebel with a dangerous temper, shot a Union soldier in her home and became a courier and spy for the Confederate army, using her considerable charms to seduce men on both sides. Emma Edmonds disguised herself as a man to enlist as a Union private named Frank Thompson, witnessing the bloodiest battles of the war and infiltrating enemy lines, all the while fearing that her past would catch up with her. The beautiful widow Rose O'Neal Greenhow engaged in affairs with powerful Northern politicians, used her young daughter to send information to Southern generals, and sailed abroad to lobby for the Confederacy, a journey that cost her more than she...]]></description><link>https://toledo.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S218C2143881</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://toledo.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S218C2143881</guid><category><![CDATA[AB]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kahler, Abbott]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2014 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://toledo.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2143881218</comments><format>AB</format><subtitle>Four Women Undercover in the Civil War</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780062332165/MC.GIF&amp;client=tlcovega&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[American Rose]]></title><description><![CDATA[The author of the acclaimed "New York Times" bestseller "Sin in the Second City" returns with the gripping and expansive story of America's coming-of-age--told through the extraordinary life of Gypsy Rose Lee and the world she survived and conquered.]]></description><link>https://toledo.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S218C1951092</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://toledo.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S218C1951092</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kahler, Abbott]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://toledo.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1951092218</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>A Nation Laid Bare : the Life and Times of Gypsy Rose Lee</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781400066919/MC.GIF&amp;client=tlcovega&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sin in the Second City]]></title><description><![CDATA[Step into the perfumed parlors of the Everleigh Club, the most famous brothel in American history---and the catalyst for a culture war that rocked the nation. Operating in Chicago's notorious Levee district at the dawn of the twentieth century, the club's proprietors, two aristocratic sisters named Minna and Ada Everleigh, welcomed moguls and actors, senators and athletes, foreign dignitaries and literary icons, into their stately double mansion, where thirty stunning Everleigh "butterflies" awaited their arrival. Courtesans named Doll, Suzy Poon Tang, and Brick Top devoured raw meat to the delight of Prince Henry of Prussia and recited poetry for Theodore Dreiser. Whereas lesser madams pocketed most of a harlot's earnings and kept a "whipper" on staff to mete out discipline, the Everleighs made sure their girls dined on gourmet food, were examined by an honest physician, and were even tutored in the literature of Balzac. Not everyone appreciated the sisters' attempts to elevate the industry. Rival Levee madams hatched numerous schemes to ruin the Everleighs, including an attempt to frame them for the death of department store heir Marshall Field, Jr. But the sisters' most daunting foes were the Progressive Era reformers, who sent the entire country into a frenzy with lurid tales of "white slavery"---the allegedly rampant practice of kidnapping young girls and forcing them into brothels. This furor shaped America's sexual culture and had repercussions all the way to the White House. With a cast of characters that includes Jack Johnson, John Barrymore, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., William Howard Taft, "Hinky Dink" Kenna, and Al Capone,  Sin in the Second City  is Karen Abbott's colorful, nuanced portrait of the iconic Everleigh sisters, their world-famous club, and the perennial clash between our nation's hedonistic impulses and Puritanical roots. Culminating in a dramatic last stand between brothel keepers and crusading reformers,  Sin in the Second City  offers a vivid snapshot of America’s journey from Victorian-era propriety to twentieth-century modernity.]]></description><link>https://toledo.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S218C2248358</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://toledo.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S218C2248358</guid><category><![CDATA[AB]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kahler, Abbott]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://toledo.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2248358218</comments><format>AB</format><subtitle>Madams, Ministers, Playboys, and the Battle for America&apos;s Soul</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781400124664/MC.GIF&amp;client=tlcovega&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sin in the Second City]]></title><description><![CDATA["A vivid snapshot of America's journey from Victorian-era propriety to 20th-century modernity. Step into the perfumed parlors of the Everleigh Club, the most famous brothel in American history--and the catalyst for a culture war that rocked the nation. Operating in Chicago at the dawn of the 20th century, the Club welcomed moguls and actors, senators and athletes, foreign dignitaries and literary icons into a stately double mansion, and the Everleigh sisters treated their girls far better than most madams. But not everyone appreciated their attempts to elevate the industry. Their most daunting foes were the Progressive Era reformers, who sent the country into a frenzy with lurid tales of 'white slavery'--the allegedly rampant practice of kidnapping young girls and forcing them into brothels. This furor shaped America's sexual culture and had repercussions all the way to the White House, including the formation of the FBI." -- From publisher description.]]></description><link>https://toledo.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S218C1836015</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://toledo.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S218C1836015</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kahler, Abbott]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://toledo.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1836015218</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>Madams, Ministers, Playboys, and the Battle for America&apos;s Soul</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781400065301/MC.GIF&amp;client=tlcovega&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item></channel></rss>