Prohibition in Southwestern Michigan

by Norma Lewis Christine Nyholm and Norma Lewis

Book Overview

Even in law-abiding southwestern Michigan, the Eighteenth Amendment turned ordinary citizens into scofflaws and sparked unprecedented unrest. Betta Holloway reached her breaking point when her husband, a Portland cop, was shot pursuing a rumrunner. She relieved his pain with a neighbor's homebrew. As farmers across the region fermented their fruit to make a living, gangsters like Al Capone amassed extraordinary wealth. Baby Face Nelson came to Grand...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1467144800
• ISBN13: 9781467144803
• Release Date: November 2020
• Publisher: History Press
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 8.9"