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Last call : the rise and fall of prohibition / Daniel Okrent.

Okrent, Daniel, 1948- (Author).

Summary:

Okrent explores the origins, implementation, and failure of that great American delusion known as Prohibition. "Last Call" explains how Prohibition happened, what life under it was like, and what it did to the country.

Record details

ISBN: 9780743277020
ISBN: 9780743277044
ISBN: 0743277023
ISBN: 074327704X
Physical Description: viii, 468 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Edition: First Scribner hardcover edition.
Publisher: New York : Scribner, 2010.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 399-453) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	January 16, 1920 -- 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 -- 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 -- The war of the wet and the dry. Open wounds ; "Escaped on payment of money" ; Crime pays ; The phony referendum -- The beginning of the end, the end, and after. Outrageous excess ; The hummingbird that went to Mars ; Afterlives, and the missing man.
Citation/References Note:	Library Journal, January 2010 Pub Weekly, January 2010 Kirkus Starred, February 2010 Booklist, March 2010 Library Journal Pub Weekly Kirkus Starred
Target Audience Note:	Adult Follett Library Resources Adult