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The great illusion : an informal history of prohibition

Author: Herbert Asbury
Publisher: Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, 1950.
Edition/Format:   Book : English : [1st ed.]View all editions and formats
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Asbury, Herbert, 1891-1963.
Great illusion.
Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday, 1950
(OCoLC)636755738
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Herbert Asbury
OCLC Number: 264231
Description: viii, 344 p. ; 22 cm.
Contents: "The good creature of God" --
Genesis --
"Interpose thine arm" --
"Whirlwind of the Lord" --
"Born of God" --
"The devil's hindquarters on earth" --
"Burying Congress like an avalanche" --
"A new nation will be born" --
"An era of clear thinking and clean living" --
A new moral tone for Broadway --
Where the booze came from --
Smugglers afloat and ashore --
What America drank --
Prohibition's fairest flower --
The end of the noble experiment.
Responsibility: by Herbert Asbury.

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