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Author : Ira Louis Reeves
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (1 download)
Download or read book Ol' Rum River written by Ira Louis Reeves and published by . This book was released on 1931 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John C. Tramazzo
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 1640124284
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (41 download)
Download or read book Bourbon and Bullets written by John C. Tramazzo and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2021-07 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John C. Tramazzo highlights the relationship between bourbon and military service to show the rich and dramatic connection in American history.
Author : J. Anne Funderburg
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476626707
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)
Download or read book Rumrunners written by J. Anne Funderburg and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2016-11-18 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1920, the 18th Amendment made the production, transportation and sale of alcohol not merely illegal--it was unconstitutional. Yet no legislation could end the demand for alcohol. Enterprising rumrunners worked to meet that demand with cunning, courage, machineguns and speedboats powered by aircraft engines. They out-maneuvered the U.S. Coast Guard and risked their lives to deliver illicit liquor. Smugglers like Bill McCoy, the Bahama Queen, and the Gulf Stream Pirate, along with many others, ran operations along the U.S. coastline until Prohibition was repealed in 1933. Drawing on legal records, newspaper articles and Coast Guard files, this history describes how rumrunners battled the Dry Navy and corrupted U.S. law enforcement, in order to keep America wet.
Author : Hugh Ambrose
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0698183630
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (981 download)
Download or read book Liberated Spirits written by Hugh Ambrose and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2018-10-16 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A provocative new take on the women behind a perennially fascinating subject--Prohibition--by bestselling author and historian Hugh Ambrose. The passage of the 18th Amendment (banning the sale of alcohol) and the 19th (women's suffrage) in the same year is no coincidence. These two Constitutional Amendments enabled women to redefine themselves and their place in society in a way historians have neglected to explore. Liberated Spirits describes how the fight both to pass and later to repeal Prohibition was driven by women, as exemplified by two remarkable women in particular. With fierce drive and acumen, Mabel Willebrandt transcended the tremendous hurdles facing women lawyers and was appointed Assistant Attorney General. Though never a Prohibition campaigner, once in office she zealously pursued enforcement despite a corrupt and ineffectual agency. Wealthy Pauline Sabin had no formal education in law or government but she too fought entrenched discrimination to rise in the ranks of the Republican Party. While Prohibition meant little to her personally--aristocrats never lost access to booze--she seized the fight to repeal it as a platform to bring newly enfranchised women into the political process and compete on an equal footing with men. Along with a colorful cast of supporting characters, from rumrunners and Prohibition agents on the take to senators and feuding society matrons, Liberated Spirits brings the Roaring Twenties to life in a brand new way.
Author : Marc Mappen
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780813518190
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (181 download)
Download or read book Jerseyana written by Marc Mappen and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collection of author's columns originally published in The New York Times.
Author : R. D. Winfrey
Publisher : rd winfrey
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Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book The Porridge King written by R. D. Winfrey and published by rd winfrey. This book was released on 2010-11 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Take a journey into the strange and magical land known as the Mea Culpa Valley; an area with a long and proud history of profound weirdness and insanity. The residents of a small chunk of squalor known as Timbrook are visited by a quirky knight on a quest, and inadvertently become swept up in a hysterical adventure like none ever before witnessed. Excitement! Laughs! Mayhem! Romance! Intrigue!
Author : United States. National Advisory Committee on Criminal Justice Standards and Goals. Task Force on Organized Crime
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (43 download)
Download or read book Organized Crime written by United States. National Advisory Committee on Criminal Justice Standards and Goals. Task Force on Organized Crime and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Standards designed for adoption at the state and local levels for the purpose of preventing and reducing organized crime in America are presented in this comprehensive report. The standards recommended in this report were formulated to assist all sectors of the community, as well as the agencies of state and local governments. As a unit, these standards constitute a comprehensive plan for the prevention and control of organized criminal activity in this country. Following the introductory remarks, a brief history of organized criminal activity in the united states, a description of the general characteristics of organized crime, and the results of a study of the various ways state and local governments have dealt with the problem are presented. Part 3 of this report presents standards to guide state and local governments, officials of the criminal justice system, and private citizens in the design and implementation of programs to combat organized criminal operations. These standards are based on successful models operating in the states or on concepts that the task force and the national advisory committee considered necessary for effective prevention and control of organized crime. Proposals for state and local administrative and regulatory agencies to participate in organized crime control programs to the fullest extent of their statutory authority are contained in chapter 4. The standards in chapters 5 through 8 recommend specific policies, law enforcement mechanisms, prosecutorial tools, and legal procedures for adoption by the criminal justice system. The standards in chapter 9 recommend that appropriate training programs in organized crime control be instituted for all levels of the criminal justice system. General educational programs for the private sector are also recommended.
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Total Pages : 892 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)
Download or read book Merchant Vessels of the United States written by and published by . This book was released on 1949 with total page 892 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : United States. National Advisory Committee on Criminal Justice Standards and Goals
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)
Download or read book Organized Crime written by United States. National Advisory Committee on Criminal Justice Standards and Goals and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Steven Hart
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
ISBN 13 : 0813562147
Total Pages : 195 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (135 download)
Download or read book American Dictators written by Steven Hart and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2013-10-25 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One man was tongue-tied and awkward around women, in many ways a mama's boy at heart, although his reputation for thuggery was well earned. The other was a playboy, full of easy charm and ready jokes, his appetite for high living a matter of public record. One man tolerated gangsters and bootleggers as long as they paid their dues to his organization. The other was effectively a gangster himself, so crooked that he hosted a national gathering of America's most ruthless killers. One man never drank alcohol. The other, from all evidence, seldom drank anything else. American Dictators is the dual biography of two of America’s greatest political bosses: Frank Hague and Enoch “Nucky” Johnson. Packed with compelling information and written in an informal, sometimes humorous style, the book shows Hague and Johnson at the peak of their power and the strength of their political machines during the years of Prohibition and the Great Depression. Steven Hart compares how both men used their influence to benefit and punish the local citizenry, amass huge personal fortunes, and sometimes collaborate to trounce their enemies. Similar in their ruthlessness, both men were very different in appearance and temperament. Hague, the mayor of Jersey City, intimidated presidents and wielded unchallenged power for three decades. He never drank and was happily married to his wife for decades. He also allowed gangsters to run bootlegging and illegal gambling operations as long as they paid protection money. Johnson, the political boss of Atlantic City, and the inspiration for the hit HBO series Boardwalk Empire, presided over corruption as well, but for a shorter period of time. He was notorious for his decadent lifestyle. Essentially a gangster himself, Johnson hosted the infamous Atlantic City conference that fostered the growth of organized crime. Both Hague and Johnson shrewdly integrated otherwise disenfranchised groups into their machines and gave them a stake in political power. Yet each failed to adapt to changing demographics and circumstances. In American Dictators, Hart paints a balanced portrait of their accomplishments and their failures.
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Total Pages : 1220 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book Catalog of Copyright Entries written by and published by . This book was released on 1930 with total page 1220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : LeAnne Hardy
Publisher : Kregel Publications
ISBN 13 : 9780825493867
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (938 download)
Download or read book Between Two Worlds written by LeAnne Hardy and published by Kregel Publications. This book was released on with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stuck in snowy Minnesota when she'd rather be back in Brazil, Cristina Larson finds that being stuck between two worlds can be both difficult and dangerous.
Author : Minnesota
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Total Pages : 532 pages
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Download or read book General Laws of the State of Minnesota written by Minnesota and published by . This book was released on 1868 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes Special laws of 1871, 1881, and 1889.
Author : Thomas F. Waters
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
ISBN 13 : 9781452902975
Total Pages : 398 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (29 download)
Download or read book The Streams and Rivers of Minnesota written by Thomas F. Waters and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 1977 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Los Angeles County Public Library
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1364 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (28 download)
Download or read book Books and Notes written by Los Angeles County Public Library and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 1364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : United States. Coast Guard
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 892 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Merchant Vessels of the United States... written by United States. Coast Guard and published by . This book was released on 1947 with total page 892 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Daniel Okrent
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1439171696
Total Pages : 506 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (391 download)
Download or read book Last Call written by Daniel Okrent and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-05-11 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A brilliant, authoritative, and fascinating history of America’s most puzzling era, the years 1920 to 1933, when the U.S. Constitution was amended to restrict one of America’s favorite pastimes: drinking alcoholic beverages. From its start, America has been awash in drink. The sailing vessel that brought John Winthrop to the shores of the New World in 1630 carried more beer than water. By the 1820s, liquor flowed so plentifully it was cheaper than tea. That Americans would ever agree to relinquish their booze was as improbable as it was astonishing. Yet we did, and Last Call is Daniel Okrent’s dazzling explanation of why we did it, what life under Prohibition was like, and how such an unprecedented degree of government interference in the private lives of Americans changed the country forever. Writing with both wit and historical acuity, Okrent reveals how Prohibition marked a confluence of diverse forces: the growing political power of the women’s suffrage movement, which allied itself with the antiliquor campaign; the fear of small-town, native-stock Protestants that they were losing control of their country to the immigrants of the large cities; the anti-German sentiment stoked by World War I; and a variety of other unlikely factors, ranging from the rise of the automobile to the advent of the income tax. Through it all, Americans kept drinking, going to remarkably creative lengths to smuggle, sell, conceal, and convivially (and sometimes fatally) imbibe their favorite intoxicants. Last Call is peopled with vivid characters of an astonishing variety: Susan B. Anthony and Billy Sunday, William Jennings Bryan and bootlegger Sam Bronfman, Pierre S. du Pont and H. L. Mencken, Meyer Lansky and the incredible—if long-forgotten—federal official Mabel Walker Willebrandt, who throughout the twenties was the most powerful woman in the country. (Perhaps most surprising of all is Okrent’s account of Joseph P. Kennedy’s legendary, and long-misunderstood, role in the liquor business.) It’s a book rich with stories from nearly all parts of the country. Okrent’s narrative runs through smoky Manhattan speakeasies, where relations between the sexes were changed forever; California vineyards busily producing “sacramental” wine; New England fishing communities that gave up fishing for the more lucrative rum-running business; and in Washington, the halls of Congress itself, where politicians who had voted for Prohibition drank openly and without apology. Last Call is capacious, meticulous, and thrillingly told. It stands as the most complete history of Prohibition ever written and confirms Daniel Okrent’s rank as a major American writer.
