Author:
Okrent, Daniel, 1948-
Edition Statement:First Scribner hardcover ed.
Imprint:New York : Scribner, c2010.
Descriptionviii, 468 p. ; 24 cm.
Note:January 16, 1920 -- Part 1. The Struggle: Thunderous drums and Protestant nuns ; The rising of liquid bread ; The most remarkable movement ; "Open fire on the enemy" ; Triumphant failure ; Dry-drys, wet-drys, and hyphens ; From Magna Carta to Volstead -- Part 2. The Flood: Starting line ; A fabulous sweepstakes ; Leaks in the dotted line ; The Great Whiskey Way ; Blessed be the fruit of the vine ; The alcohol that got away ; The way we drank -- Part 3. The War of the Wet and the Dry: Open wounds ; "Escaped on payment of money" ; Crime pays ; The phony referendum -- Part 4. The Beginning of the End, the End, and After: Outrageous excess ; The hummingbird that went to Mars ; Afterlives, and the missing man -- Appendix: The Constitution of the United States of America.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
