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Control # 1 hbl99043757
Control # Id 3 GCG
Date 5 20210922133734.0
Fixed Data 8 091209s2010 nyu b 001 0 eng
LC Card 10    $a 2009051127
ISBN 20    $a9780743277044 (trade pbk.)
ISBN 20    $a9780743277020 (hbk.)
ISBN 20    $a9781439171691 (ebook)
Obsolete 39    $a258608$cTLC
Cat. Source 40    $aDLC$cDLC$dGCG
Geog. Area 43    $an-us---
LC Call 50 00 $aHV5089$b.O47 2010
Dewey Class 82 00 $a363.4/1097309042$222
ME:Pers Name 100 $aOkrent, Daniel,$d1948-
Title 245 10 $aLast call :$bthe rise and fall of Prohibition, 1920-1933 /$cDaniel Okrent.
Edition 250    $aFirst Scribner hardcover ed.
Imprint 260    $aNew York :$bScribner,$cc2010.
Phys Descrpt 300    $aviii, 468 p. ;$c24 cm.
Note:Bibliog 504    $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Note:Content 505 $aJanuary 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.
Subj:Topical 650  0 $aDrinking of alcoholic beverages$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century.
Subj:Topical 650  0 $aProhibition$zUnited States.
Subj:Geog. 651  0 $aUnited States$xHistory$y20th century.