Bootleg: Murder, Moonshine, and the Lawless Years of Prohibition

by Karen Blumenthal

Book Overview

It began with the best of intentions. Worried about the effects of alcohol on American families, mothers and civic leaders started a movement to outlaw drinking in public places. Over time, their protests, petitions, and activism paid off--when a Constitional Amendment banning the sale and consumption of alcohol was ratified, it was hailed as the end of public drunkenness, alcoholism, and a host of other social ills related to booze. Instead, it began...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 159643449X
• ISBN13: 9781596434493
• Release Date: May 2011
• Publisher: Flash Point
• Length: 154 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.2" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 12 to 18 years
• Grade Range: Grade 7 to Postsecondary