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Ardent Spirits PB

Ardent Spirits PB - Paperback

by John Kobler
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Availability:In StockContributor:John KoblerPublish date:1993-03-22Pages:386
Language:EnglishPublisher:Da CapoISBN-13:9780306805127ISBN-10:030680512XUPC:9780306805127Book Category:History, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:United States, Popular Culture, ModernBook Topic:20th CenturySize:8.22 x 5.43 x 0.95 inchesWeight:0.9899Product ID:SCAF6G5JYK
"This is first-rate popular history, full of anecdotes and vivid personalities, with a compelling narrative."--Smithsonian

Ardent Spirit covers the full range of the temperance idea in America, beginning in the early seventeenth century and continuing through the prohibition years, 1919-1933. Using a wide variety of sources, Kobler quotes the amusing and often startling comments relating to the efforts of prohibitionists and lawmakers, so that the speakeasies, the rum-running, the bootleggers, and the gang wars all come vividly to life. Here too are portraits of eccentrics, instant millionaires, law enforcement officers, and murderers-all part of the Noble Experiment which proved to be one of the most tragicomic sagas in American history.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Da CapoISBN-13:9780306805127ISBN-10:030680512XUPC:9780306805127Book Category:History, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:United States, Popular Culture, ModernBook Topic:20th CenturySize:8.22 x 5.43 x 0.95 inchesWeight:0.9899Product ID:SCAF6G5JYK
John Kobler's (1910-2000) many books include biographies of John Barrymore, Henry Luce, John Hunter, and Otto Kahn. He wrote for the New Yorker and other magazines, and lived in New York City.
Publisher: Da Capo

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