Last call : the rise and fall of Prohibition / Daniel Okrent.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Okrent, Daniel, 1948-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Prohibition--United States.

Prohibition.

Drinking of alcoholic beverages.

History.

United States.

Drinking of alcoholic beverages--United States--History--20th century.

United States--History--20th century.

Physical Description:

viii, 468 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm

Edition:

First Scribner hardcover edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Scribner, 2010.

Summary:

Okrent explores the origins, implementation, and failure of that great American delusion known as Prohibition. "Last Call" explains how Prohibition happened, what life under it was like, and what it did to the country.

Contents:

January 16, 1920

The struggle. Thunderous drums and Protestant nuns ; The rising of liquid bread ; The most remarkable movement ; "Open fire on the enemy" ; Triumphant failure ; Dry-drys, wet-drys, and hyphens ; From Magna Carta to Volstead

The flood. Starting line ; A fabulous sweepstakes ; Leaks in the dotted line ; The Great Whiskey Way ; Blessed be the fruit of the vine ; The alcohol that got away ; The way we drank

The war of the wet and the dry. Open wounds ; "Escaped on payment of money" ; Crime pays ; The phony referendum

The beginning of the end, the end, and after. Outrageous excess ; The hummingbird that went to Mars ; Afterlives, and the missing man.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 399-453) and index.

ISBN:

9780743277020

9780743277044

0743277023

074327704X

OCLC:

419812305