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Last call : the rise and fall of Prohibition /

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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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Okrent, Daniel, 1948-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Scribner, 2010.
Edition:1st Scribner hardcover ed.
Subjects:
Prohibition > United States.
Drinking of alcoholic beverages > United States > History > 20th century.
United States > History > 20th century.
Description
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.
Physical Description:viii, 468 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 399-453) and index.
ISBN:9780743277020 (hbk.) :
9780743277044 (trade pbk.)
0743277023 (hbk.)
074327704X (trade pbk.)