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- ↑ "Best-Selling Author Karen Abbott Brings Bootlegging History To Life". WFPL. August 6, 2019.
- ↑ "BOOKS: Karen Abbott tells the tale of the 'King of Bootleggers'". NWI Times. August 4, 2019.
- ↑ "Gypsy Rose Lee: A Thorny Story Laid Bare". NPR. 2011-01-08.
- ↑ "Articles by Karen Abbott". Smithsonian.
- ↑ 21 Books to Curl Up With This Fall , Newsweek
