| Description |
223 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm. |
| Series |
History firsthand |
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History firsthand.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-217) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: The noble experiment -- Ch. 1: The drys: the evils of alcohol / Billy Sunday -- Give prohibition its chance / Ella A. Boole -- Prohibition for the common good / Charles Stelzle -- Alcoholism is obsolete in the Industrial Age / Ernest H. Cherrington -- Liquor has always been in league with rebellion / Wayne B. Wheeler -- Ch. 2: The wets: Prohibition is the Devil's deceit / Joseph F. Rutherford -- The Puritanical fundations of the prohibition movement / Clarence Darrow -- Prohibition is contrary to human nature / Percy Andreae -- Prohibition is unenforceable / Fiorello H. LaGuardia -- Ch. 3: The cops and the criminals: Prohibition Agent No. 1 / Izzy Einstein -- The danger of unfit prohibition agents / Mabel Walker Willebrandt -- The untouchables / Eliot Ness with Oscar Fraley -- A small-time crook / Rafer Dooley -- Rumrunners / Anonymous -- Ch. 4: The general public: If you don't like the law, break it / Corey Ford -- The parlor / Charles Angoff -- A poor substitute for the real thing / John Arthur Henricks -- Women and drinking / Stanley Walker -- No trouble finding alcohol / H.L. Mencken -- Ch. 5: Repeal: A united cause / Grace C. Root --An unfair, unenforceable, and un-American law / Ira L. Reeves -- A dry admits prohibition's failure / John D. Rockefeller Jr. -- A vote for repeal / Franklin D. Roosevelt -- Prohibition was a success / George B. Cutten. |
| Subject |
Prohibition -- United States -- History.
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| Added Author |
Nishi, Dennis, 1967-
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| ISBN |
0737713062 hardback alkaline paper |
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0737713070 paperback alkaline paper |
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