| Edition |
First Scribner hardcover edition. |
| Description |
viii, 468 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Note |
To be featured in a forthcoming Ken Burns documentary on PBS. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 399-453) and index. |
| Contents |
Prologue: January 16, 2910 -- Part I. 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 -- Part II. The flood. Starting line -- A fabulous sweepstakes -- Leaks in the dottled line -- The great whiskey way -- Blessed be the fruit of the vine -- The alcohol that got away -- Whe way we drank -- Part III. The war of the wet and the dry. Open wounds -- "Escaped on payment of money" -- Crime pays -- The phony referendum -- Part IV. The beginning of the end, the end, and after. Outrageous excess -- The hummingbird that went to Mars -- Afterlives, and the missing man. |
| Subject |
Prohibition -- United States.
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Drinking of alcoholic beverages -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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United States -- History -- 20th century.
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| ISBN |
9780743277020 hardback |
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0743277023 hardback |
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9780743277044 trade pbk. |
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074327704X trade pbk. |
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