LEADER 00000cam 2200000 a 4500
001 ocn419812305
003 OCoLC
005 20100429062524.0
008 091209t20102010nyuaf b 001 0 eng
010 2009051127
020 9780743277020|qhardback
020 0743277023|qhardback
020 9780743277044|qtrade pbk.
020 074327704X|qtrade pbk.
035 (OCoLC)419812305
040 DLC|beng|cDLC|dBTCTA|dYDXCP|dMLY
043 n-us---
049 CKEA
050 00 HV5089|b.O47 2010
082 00 363.4/1097309042|222
100 1 Okrent, Daniel,|d1948-
245 10 Last call :|bthe rise and fall of Prohibition /|cDaniel
Okrent.
250 First Scribner hardcover edition.
264 1 New York :|bScribner,|c[2010]
264 4 |c©2010
300 viii, 468 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates :
|billustrations ;|c25 cm
336 text|btxt|2rdacontent
337 unmediated|bn|2rdamedia
338 volume|bnc|2rdacarrier
500 To be featured in a forthcoming Ken Burns documentary on
PBS.
504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 399-453) and
index.
505 0 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.
650 0 Prohibition|zUnited States.
650 0 Drinking of alcoholic beverages|zUnited States|xHistory
|y20th century.
651 0 United States|xHistory|y20th century.
914 MID.b20007668
914 FARM136254
994 92|bCKE
Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department
|
363.41 OKRENT |
Check Shelf |
Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction
|
363.41 OKRENT |
Check Shelf |
Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction
|
364.13361 OKRENT |
Check Shelf |
Colchester, Cragin Memorial Library - Adult Department
|
363.4 OKRENT, DANIEL |
Check Shelf |
Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department
|
363.4 OKR |
Check Shelf |
Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department
|
363.41 OKR |
DUE 05-09-24 |
Granby, Main Library - Adult
|
363.41 OKR |
Check Shelf |
Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction
|
363.4 OKRENT |
Check Shelf |
Marlborough, Richmond Memorial Library - Adult Department
|
363.4 OKRENT |
Check Shelf |
Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction
|
363.41 OKR |
Check Shelf |
|