Results 1-10 of 37 LibraryThing ReviewUser Review - EricCostello - LibraryThingGenerally very solid examination of, as the title says, the rise and fall of Prohibition in the United States. Very sound choice of illustrations, and to my mind pretty insightful analysis of what ... Read full review LibraryThing ReviewUser Review - loraineo - LibraryThingA really good history with much detail about the 14 years of prohibition, from the beginning to the end. What an interesting time in America ! I learned a lot from reading this book on this interesting topic. Read full review LibraryThing ReviewUser Review - busterrll - LibraryThingA great book - well written account of all that was going on. Will my grandchildren remember today's times as engrossingly as I revel in Grandpa's days. My only question; which will never be answered; Did grandpa wash out the bathtub before they made gin? Well worth the read - extremely enjoyable! Read full review LibraryThing ReviewUser Review - JazzFeathers - LibraryThingThis is not the first book on Prohibition I read, but certainly it's the best so far. It covers basically every possible aspect of Prohibition, from the way the movement started in the XIX century, to ... Read full review LibraryThing ReviewUser Review - klburnside - LibraryThingAn interesting history of Prohibition. I learned a lot, but got tired of reading it by the end. Read full review LibraryThing ReviewUser Review - cyclops1771 - LibraryThingWell done review of the Prohibition thought processes and detailing of the various ways in which society dealt with the banning of their very favorite pastime. Read full review LibraryThing ReviewUser Review - csweder - LibraryThingThis book was way more interesting than I first thought it would be when I bought it. Although it is about one of my favorite subjects, I feared that it would be drab and boring recollection of facts ... Read full review LibraryThing ReviewUser Review - nmele - LibraryThingVery interesting examination of the rise and repeal of Prohibition, of life during the dry years and of the long and short term impacts of the Eighteenth Amendment and the Prohibition movement on contemporary politics and society. Read full review LibraryThing ReviewUser Review - Scapegoats - LibraryThingThis is a very good book about Prohibition. It charts its roots in the 19th century and how it was passed through a series of unlikely alliances. It does a great job showing how poorly it was enforced ... Read full review LibraryThing ReviewUser Review - gaeta1 - LibraryThingMy great-grandfather was a bootlegger. He didn't start out as one, of course--he learned his trade as an electrician in Parma, Italy, but according to my grandfather (who was understandably rather ... Read full review | User ratings
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