Bootleg murder, moonshine, and the lawless years of prohibition
For more than a decade starting in 1920, millions of regular Americans ignored the law of the land. Parents became bootleggers, kids smuggled illegal alcohol, and outlaws became celebrities. It wasn't supposed to be that way, of course. When Congress passed the Eighteenth Amendment, prohibiting the...
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New York :
Roaring Brook Press,
2011.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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