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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.

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Book category Books in English Society & social sciences Society & culture: general Social issues & processes

• Full title: Ardent Spirits
• Author: John Kobler
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 386
• EAN: 9780306805127
• ISBN: 030680512X
• ID: 02758567
• Publisher: Hachette Books
• Weight: 430 g
• Dimensions: 130 × 203 × 27 mm
• Date of publishing: 22. March 1993

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