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Kentucky Whiskey Barons: Empire, Betrayal, and the War on Drink

Kentucky Whiskey Barons: Empire, Betrayal, and the War on Drink - Paperback

by Scott Hamele
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Availability:In StockContributor:Scott HamelePublish date:10/23/2025Pages:346
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Schuyler & Sons PublishingISBN-13:9798349559792UPC:9798349559792Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Historical, Thrillers, LiteraryBook Topic:CrimeSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.72 inchesWeight:0.463Product ID:SC26Y18Q2Y

In the shadow of the rickhouses and under the twin spires of Churchill Downs, two rival Kentucky families build a whiskey empire on blood, barrels, and betrayal. From the late 1800s bourbon boom to the brutal dry years of Prohibition, the Reddings and the Boones fight for dominance against each other-and against the rising tide of temperance crusaders, corrupt sheriffs, and Washington powerbrokers eager to claim their cut. Alliances are forged with ink, broken with knives, and tested every first Saturday in May at the Kentucky Derby, where fortunes change in a single race. Kentucky Whiskey Barons is a sweeping saga of ambition, violence, and legacy-where family loyalty is fragile, the law is for sale, and every debt is paid in blood.

Languages:EnglishPublisher:Schuyler & Sons PublishingISBN-13:9798349559792UPC:9798349559792Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Historical, Thrillers, LiteraryBook Topic:CrimeSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.72 inchesWeight:0.463Product ID:SC26Y18Q2Y
Hamele, Scott: - "SCOTT HAMELE is a prolific Kansas City-based novelist with over twenty books, whose work spans historical and biographical thrillers, near-future suspense, and speculative fiction. He blends cinematic pacing with research-driven authenticity-real streets, tight timelines, lived-in backstories. Sci-fi fan favorites include Vision Protocol, Dustwings - Black Ops, The Clearborn Society, and The Paper Candidate. In historical fiction, his completed novels include Capone's North Road, The Petticoat Butcher, Hanna's Room, Promise in the Sky, Hitler Survives, Staff of Moses, Orchard of Secrets, Dust & Honor, and Kentucky Whiskey Barons. Near-future suspense novels include Books 1-3 in the Kincaid Doctrine Series: Merchants of Venom, Justice Storm, Blue Coast Authority, and IRONHALO."
Publisher: Schuyler & Sons Publishing

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