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Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition

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Availability:In StockContributor:Daniel OkrentPublish date:2011-05-31Pages:480
Language:EnglishPublisher:Scribner Book CompanyISBN-13:9780743277044ISBN-10:074327704XUPC:9780743277044Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:United States, Social HistoryBook Topic:20th CenturySize:8.38 x 5.50 x 1.39 inchesWeight:1.0318Product ID:SCYK8PQT4P

Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition

A brilliant, authoritative, and fascinating history of America's most puzzling era, the years 1920 to 1933, when the US Constitution was amended to restrict one of America's favorite pastimes: drinking alcoholic beverages.

From its start, America has been awash in drink. The sailing vessel that brought John Winthrop to the shores of the New World in 1630 carried more beer than water. By the...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Scribner Book CompanyISBN-13:9780743277044ISBN-10:074327704XUPC:9780743277044Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:United States, Social HistoryBook Topic:20th CenturySize:8.38 x 5.50 x 1.39 inchesWeight:1.0318Product ID:SCYK8PQT4P
Okrent, Daniel: - Daniel Okrent was the first public editor of The New York Times, editor-at-large of Time, Inc., and managing editor of Life magazine. He worked in book publishing as an editor at Knopf and Viking, and was editor-in-chief of general books at Harcourt Brace. He was also a featured commentator on two Ken Burns series, and his books include Last Call, The Guarded Gate, and Great...
Publisher: Scribner Book Company

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