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...
| Main Author: | Blumenthal, Karen. |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
Roaring Brook Press,
2011.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Subjects: |
| Summary: |
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 sale and manufacture of alcohol in the United States, supporters believed it would create a better, stronger nation. Instead it began an era of lawlessness, when famous gangsters like Al Capone rose to fame, and many reconsidered their concept of right and wrong. This is the story of those years in American history-- the story of prohibition. |
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| Physical Description: |
154 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 133-138) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781596434493 (hbk.) 159643449X (hbk.) |
| Author Notes: |
KAREN BLUMENTHAL is a long-time journalist who has written for both adults and young people. She previously wrote about the 1920s in Six Days in October: The Stock Market Crash of 1929, which was a Sibert Honor Book, and about social change in Let Me Play: The Story of Title IX , which won a Jane Addams Children's Book Award. She lives in Dallas, Texas. |