Last call : the rise and fall of Prohibition

Last call : the rise and fall of Prohibition

First Scribner hardcover ed.

New York : Scribner, 2010.

viii, 468 p., [24] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 25 cm.

363.41 O41 2010

(OCoLC)419812305

Includes bibliographical references (p. 435-453) and index.
Contents: January 16, 1920 -- pt. 1. The struggle -- Thunderous drums and Protestant nuns -- The rising of liquid bread -- The most remarkable movement -- "Open fire on the enemy" -- Triumphant failure -- Dry-drys, wet-drys, and hyphens -- From Magna Carta to Volstead -- pt. 2. The flood -- Starting line -- A fabulous sweepstakes -- Leaks in the dotted line -- The Great Whiskey Way -- Blessed be the fruit of the vine -- The alcohol that got away -- The way we drank -- pt. 3. The war of the wet and the dry -- Open wounds -- "Escaped on payment of money" -- Crime pays -- The phony referendum -- pt. 4. The beginning of the end, the end, and after -- Outrageous excess -- The hummingbird that went to Mars -- Afterlives, and the missing man -- Appendix : The Constitution of the United States of America.
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