Top Secret Files: Gangsters and Bootleggers, Secrets, Strange Tales, and Hidden Facts about the Roaring 20s

by Stephanie Bearce

Book Overview

Blind pigs, speakeasies, coffin varnish, and tarantula juice were all a part of the Roaring 20s. Making alcohol illegal didn't get rid of bars and taverns or crime bosses: They just went underground. Secret joints were in almost every large city and could be entered if you knew the right code words. Discover the crazy language and secret codes of the Prohibition Era--why you should mind your beeswax and watch out for the gumshoe talking to the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1618214616
• ISBN13: 9781618214614
• Release Date: October 2015
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 4.9" x 7.9"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7