Ardent Spirits PB - by John Kobler (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"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 sour"<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>"This is first-rate popular history, full of anecdotes and vivid personalities, with a compelling narrative."--<i>Smithsonian</i></b><br><i></i><i><br></i><i>Ardent Spirit</i> 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.<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>John Kobler</b>'s (1910-2000) many books include biographies of John Barrymore, Henry Luce, John Hunter, and Otto Kahn. He wrote for the <i>New Yorker</i> and other magazines, and lived in New York City.
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