Ardent Spirits PB - Paperback
by John Kobler
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Languages: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.
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.
Languages: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.
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