Ardent Spirits. The Rise and Fall of Prohibition

Hardcover. Ardent Spiritis. The Rise and Fall of Prohibition. Ex-library with ex-library markings.Black cloth with gilt lettering. On 17th January, 1920 the Noble Experiement began. It was to last for nearly fourteen tense, absurd, sometimes tragic years, until a current of public opinion far stronger that that which had urged the Eighteenth Amendment demanded its repeal. Mr Kobler has made a sparkling social history from this story, using interviews with a variety of people who remember the Prohibition era. His book is unaffectedly well-written and learned and at the same time racy, fascinating and often hilarious. Illustrated. 386 (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Academic Literature.).