Viola Jason - History Comics: The Prohibition Era America's War On Alcohol - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: Turn back the clock with History Comics! In this volume we visit the Prohibition Era and see how the business of booze became a criminal enterprise! In 1919, the United States ratified an amendment to the Constitution that outlawed the manufacture transportation and sale of alcohol. As a hard - fought dream for a better world became federal law society soon began facing an onslaught of new problems: clever bootleggers corrupt enforcers crowded prisons and violent gangsters. Walk through the hidden hallway of a Jazz Age speakeasy to uncover the moral panic over alcohol and excess that we continue to grapple with today.
Title: History Comics: The Prohibition Era America's War On Alcohol
Author(s): Viola Jason, Roger Langridge
Publisher: St Martin's Press
Barcode: 9781250801456
Pages: 128 Pages
Publication Date: 10/22/2024
Series: History Comics
Category: People & Places (Children's / Teenage)