| Ardent Spirits PB Contributor(s): Kobler, John (Author) |
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ISBN: 030680512X ISBN-13: 9780306805127 Publisher: Da Capo Press OUR PRICE: $23.74 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 1993 Annotation: "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 sour" |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - 20th Century - Social Science | Popular Culture - History | Modern - 20th Century |
| Dewey: 363.410 |
| LCCN: 92036290 |
| Physical Information: 0.95" H x 5.43" W x 8.22" (0.99 lbs) 386 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
