| Prohibition in Kansas City, Missouri: Highballs, Spooners & Crooked Dice Contributor(s): Simonson, John (Author) |
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ISBN: 1467138711 ISBN-13: 9781467138710 Publisher: History Press OUR PRICE: $19.79 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - Midwest(ia,il,in,ks,mi,mn,mo,nd,ne,oh,sd,wi - True Crime | Organized Crime - Cooking | Beverages - Alcoholic- General |
| Series: American Palate |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.75 lbs) 160 pages |
| Themes: - Locality - Kansas City, Missouri-Kansas - Geographic Orientation - Missouri - Chronological Period - 1920's - Chronological Period - 1930's |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Like most cities during Prohibition, Kansas City had illegal alcohol, bootleggers, speakeasies, cops on the take, corrupt politicians and moralizing reformers. But by the time the Eighteenth Amendment was repealed, Kansas City had been singled out by one |
Contributor Bio(s): Simonson, John: - John Simonson is the author of two other books published by The History Press: Paris of the Plains: Kansas City from Doughboys to Expressways (2010) and Kansas City 1940: A Watershed Year (2013). He lives in Kansas City, Missouri. |