Bibliograph

Prohibition, Dennis Nishi, book editor

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Prohibition, Dennis Nishi, book editor

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-217) and index

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Prohibition

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

51389361

Responsibility statement

Dennis Nishi, book editor

Series statement

History firsthand

Table Of Contents

Introduction: The noble experiment -- Ch. 1: The drys: the evils of alcohol / Billy Sunday -- Give prohibition its chance / Ella A. Boole -- Prohibition for the common good / Charles Stelzle -- Alcoholism is obsolete in the Industrial Age / Ernest H. Cherrington -- Liquor has always been in league with rebellion / Wayne B. Wheeler -- Ch. 2: The wets: Prohibition is the Devil's deceit / Joseph F. Rutherford -- The Puritanical fundations of the prohibition movement / Clarence Darrow -- Prohibition is contrary to human nature / Percy Andreae -- Prohibition is unenforceable / Fiorello H. LaGuardia -- Ch. 3: The cops and the criminals: Prohibition Agent No. 1 / Izzy Einstein -- The danger of unfit prohibition agents / Mabel Walker Willebrandt -- The untouchables / Eliot Ness with Oscar Fraley -- A small-time crook / Rafer Dooley -- Rumrunners / Anonymous -- Ch. 4: The general public: If you don't like the law, break it / Corey Ford -- The parlor / Charles Angoff -- A poor substitute for the real thing / John Arthur Henricks -- Women and drinking / Stanley Walker -- No trouble finding alcohol / H.L. Mencken -- Ch. 5: Repeal: A united cause / Grace C. Root --An unfair, unenforceable, and un-American law / Ira L. Reeves -- A dry admits prohibition's failure / John D. Rockefeller Jr. -- A vote for repeal / Franklin D. Roosevelt -- Prohibition was a success / George B. Cutten

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