Last Call : the Rise and Fall of Prohibition /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Scribner,
[2010]
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| Edition: | First Scribner hardcover edition. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
Table of Contents:
- January 16, 1920
- Part 1. 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 2. 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
- Part 3. The War of the Wet and the Dry: Open wounds ; "Escaped on payment of money" ; Crime pays ; The phony referendum
- Part 4. The Beginning of the End, the End, and After: Outrageous excess ; The hummingbird that went to Mars ; Afterlives, and the missing man
- Appendix: The Constitution of the United States of America.