Bootleggers and beer barons of the Prohibition era / J. Anne Funderburg.
by
Funderburg, J. Anne, 1946-
ISBN
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9781476616193
Title
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Bootleggers and beer barons of the Prohibition era / J. Anne Funderburg.
Author
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Funderburg, J. Anne, 1946-
Personal Author
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Funderburg, J. Anne, 1946-
Physical Description
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1 online resource (viii, 421 pages)
Series
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Academic & Nonfiction Books anthology
Academic & Nonfiction Books anthology.
NC LIVE module.
Contents
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Part I. The Volstead Law : King Alcohol dethroned -- Satan's best friend, God's worst enemy -- Volstead 101 : Prohibition basics -- Body and soul : hospital whiskey and sacramental wine -- Part II. The traffickers : when liquor is outlawed, outlaws will have liquor -- Everybody's doing it : breaking the law for fun and profit -- Hooch haulers : roaring thru the twenties -- Jumping the line : the Canadian connection -- Satan's seat : defying volstead in New York City -- Speakeasy heaven : nightlife in the Big Apple -- New York's big three : the best of the worst -- Feeling the heat : Owney Madden -- Arthur Flegenheimer : the Bronx beer baron -- Payback : the tax collector versus the peculator -- Famous last words : bet on Mom -- Mr. Smooth : Waxy Gordon -- New Jersey's Triple X : Max, Maxie, and Waxy -- Smedley and Boo Boo : Prohibition in Philadelphia -- Washington, D.C. : the Capitol Hill bootlegger and the amphibians -- Country cousins : dew boys and alky cookers -- Motor on : "high"-octane fuel for Detroit -- Detroit's downriver rumrunners -- Mob mayhem in the Wicked City -- Valentine's Day, "Chicago"-style -- Uncle Sam versus Scarface -- "Whiskey"-six cowboys : the Boozorium Trail and beyond -- Seattle's bootleg king and LSD's Johnny Appleseed -- Dutiful wives and desperate mothers -- Winging it : flying bootleggers -- Part III. Choice versus Prohibition : the cycle of history -- Preserving God's bounty -- Whiskey and rum : America's new favorites -- The dry women versus the wet workingmen -- Corruption : gangsters and graft -- The enforcement follies -- Open the spigots, drown the bigots : the end of the Prohibition error -- Glossary: Volstead vocabulary.
Local Note
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Subject Term
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Prohibition -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Distilling, Illicit -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Liquor industry -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Liquor laws -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Crime -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Outlaws -- United States -- Biography.
Distillation clandestine d'alcool -- États-Unis -- Histoire -- 20e siècle.
Distillerie -- États-Unis -- Histoire -- 20e siècle.
Hors-la-loi -- États-Unis -- Biographies.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
Crime
Distilling, Illicit
Liquor industry
Liquor laws
Outlaws
Prohibition
Social conditions
Geographic Term
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United States -- Social conditions -- 1918-1932.
États-Unis -- Conditions sociales -- 1918-1932.
United States
Format
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Electronic Resources
Electronic Access
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Publication Date
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2014
Publication Information
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Jefferson, North Carolina :
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers,
[2014]
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363.41097309042 23 | 1:E-BOOK | 1 | 1:ONLINE | Available for online access and/or download |