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User Review - Carlie - LibraryThing

Prohibition, the Eighteenth Amendment, was such a strange time in American history; it is hard to believe it really happened. Liquor was part of American life since the Pilgrims, but in the 1840s ... Read full review

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User Review - lindap69 - LibraryThing

or wait for the PBS special by Burns! Read full review

Review: Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition

User Review - Frank - Goodreads

I always wondered how this could happen in America. This was a HUGE DEAL. It was the first time the Constitution was amended to limit the rights of the citizens. All the amendments to this point put ... Read full review

LAST CALL: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition

User Review - Kirkus

Both a rollicking recap of the Roaring '20s and a cautionary tale about how a government's attempts to legislate and monitor morality are nearly always doomed.Book- and magazine-publishing veteran ... Read full review

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User Review - jmcilree - LibraryThing

Fascinating history. Prohibition was a failure almost from the start and certainly avoided from the start. A perfect example of how good intentions lead to bad laws and unintended consequences that ... Read full review