02496cam a2200265 i 4500 426031222 TxAuBib 20200521120000.0 200315s2020||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2020935066 9781948018760 1948018764 (OCoLC)1131883919 TxAuBib rda Di Maio, Camille,. The First Emma / Camille Di Maio. Deadwood : Wyatt-MacKenzie, 2020. pages cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "THE FIRST EMMA is the true story of Emma Koehler, whose tycoon husband Otto was killed in a crime-of-the-century murder by one of his two mistresses-both also named Emma-and her unlikely rise as CEO of a brewing empire during Prohibition. When a chance to tell her story to a young teetotaler arises, a tale unfolds of love, war, beer, and the power of women. Emma Koehler is a woman lost to history. In 1886, Otto Koehler convinces his young wife, Emma, that an offer from Anheuser Busch to open a brewery in San Antonio, Texas is too good to pass up. The young bride dreams of a happy marriage and a simple life with her husband, but her hopes are quickly dashed by Otto's obsession with his business. Though they become one of the wealthiest couples in the country-a fortune made on beer, mining, and hospitality-Emma was lonely in their stone mansion, unable to have children, and unable to keep Otto's attentions. After a tragic car accident leaves Emma in a wheelchair, Otto hires two nurses to care for her - both named Emma as well. When Otto presents a new betrayal, Emma must choose between loyalty and independence in a world that demands convention. Otto took both Emmas as mistresses, housing them together in a cottage an hour away from his mansion. Then in 1914, one of the Emmas murdered him in a crime of the century event that gained international attention. In 1943, Mabel Hartley answers the advertisement of a dying woman in San Antonio, with an urgent plea to come write her memoirs. In Emma Koehler, Mabel discovers astounding resilience-a pioneer who weathered personal devastation and navigated her brewery through the storm of Prohibition. Mabel realizes that Texas holds more for her than this new friendship. Even though she's given up on love"-- Provided by publisher. 20200521. TXCMR