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Michelle Wildgen: IMG A Few Initial and Not-Comprehensive Meditations on Group Novels

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Prohibition: Thirteen Years That Changed America

by Edward Behr

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Synopsis:

When the Constitution declared on January 16, 1920, that Americans could no longer buy or sell alcoholic drink, it sparked the wildest, booziest years in our nation's history. Everyone saw in Prohibition an unparalleled license to get rich. Here is the full story of those 13 years of temperance, telling how and why it all happened.
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ISBN:
9781559703949
Subtitle:
Thirteen Years That Changed America
Author:
Behr, Edward
Publisher:
Arcade Publishing
Subject:
General
Subject:
History
Subject:
Alcoholism
Subject:
1919-1933
Subject:
United States - 19th Century/Gilded Age
Subject:
United States - 20th Century/20s
Subject:
United States Social life and customs.
Subject:
Alcoholism -- United States -- History.
Copyright:
1996
Edition Description:
North American
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Pages:
272
Dimensions:
922x614x83 89
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