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Crusaders, gangsters, and whiskey : prohibition in Memphis / Patrick O'Daniel.
Van Pelt Library HV5090.T2 O43 2018
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- O'Daniel, Patrick, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Prohibition--Tennessee--Memphis.
- Prohibition.
- Tennessee--Memphis.
- Physical Description:
- pages cm
- Place of Publication:
- Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2018]
- Summary:
- "Prohibition, with all its crime, corruption, and cultural upheaval, ran its course after thirteen years in most of the rest of the country--but not in Memphis, where it lasted thirty years. Patrick O'Daniel takes a fresh look at those responsible for the rise and fall of Prohibition, its effect on Memphis, and the impact events in the city made on the rest of the state and country"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Rise of the white ribbons
- Fall of the saloons
- Rogues' gallery
- Conspiracy
- Tyree Taylor
- Big fish, little fish
- No campaigns
- Equality before the law
- Loopholes
- Ku Klux Klan
- Flaming youth and police characters
- Roadhouses and pig stands
- Liquor and other vices
- King of President's Island
- John Belluomini
- Fall of the liquor barons
- Repeal of the eighteenth amendment
- Prohibition after repeal
- Last bootleggers
- Sin against high heaven.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: O'Daniel, Patrick. Crusaders, gangsters, and whiskey.
- ISBN:
- 9781496820044
- 1496820045
- OCLC:
- 1031407644
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