Ardent Spirits PB (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780306805127)

"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.

Author: John Kobler
ISBN-10: 030680512X
ISBN-13: 9780306805127
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Language: English
Published: 03/22/1993
Pages: 386
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.99lbs
Size: 8.22h x 5.43w x 0.95d