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The smuggler's legacy

2023
"Frank and Joe uncover a century-old mystery buried in a New York City prohibition museum"--Provided by publisher.

Hang the Moon

a Novel
2023
"When Sallie tries to teach young Eddie to be more like their father, her daredevil coaching leads to an accident, and Sallie is cast out. Nine years later, she returns, determined to reclaim her place in the family. That's a lot more complicated than Sallie expected, and she enters a world of conflict and lawlessness. Sallie confronts the secrets and scandals that hide in the shadows of the Big House, navigates the factions in the family and town, and finally comes into her own as a bold, sometimes reckless bootlegger"--Provided by publisher.

The roaring 20s and prohibition

2022
"The roaring 20s and prohibition was a defining era that shaped America--and the world. Readers will turn back the clock to history's turning points during that era and will take a closer look at the major challenges and hurdles the United States faced. Readers will review how this period influenced the American culture from the fashion to the policies to the entertainment"--Provided by publisher.

Revelle

2023
With Prohibition threatening their livelihood, Luxe Revelle, the star of her family's fantastical show, agrees to pose as the girlfriend of the son of Charmant's wealthiest family and finds herself playing a dangerous game when she meets the boy who is her destiny.

Smashing the liquor machine

a global history of prohibition
2021
"This is the history of temperance and prohibition as you've never read it before: redefining temperance as a progressive, global, pro-justice movement that affected virtually every significant world leader from the eighteenth through early twentieth centuries"--Google books.

Liberated spirits

two women who battled over Prohibition
2018
"Describes how the fight both to pass and later to repeal Prohibition was driven by women, as exemplified by two women in particular [Mabel Willebrandt and Pauline Sabin]"--Amazon.

The lawless decade

bullets, broads & bathtub gin
2010
Chronicles a year-by-year history of the nineteen twenties.

Baccano! 3

New York, 1930. Firo's big day has come, and everyone's enjoying the celebration--Isaac and Miria so much so that they've had a bit of a change of heart! If one criminal syndicate is just too nice to rob, then surely another will do...Meanwhile, Szilard learns that the object of his search is right under his nose. Soon nothing will stand between him and ultimate knowledge...!.

Baccano! 2

New York, 1930. Three years after the Phantom Father incident, Firo is about to get a promotion within the Martillo Family. But the intricate web of fate has other plans in store for him as the elixir of immortality nears its completion, setting off a chain of events that brings together gangsters, alchemists, and everyone in between! Let the crazy ruckus continue!.

Prohibition

the rise and fall of the temperance movement
2021
"Prohibition was a grassroots movement that changed America. Through [a] recounting of historical events accompanied by . . . imagery, students will get to know some of Prohibition's dynamic leaders through their own words and actions, including Carry Nation who swung her ax to break up saloons, and Frances Willard who was a leader of the Women's Christian Temperance Union. Readers will meet Purley Baker, the persuasive lobbyist who convinced lawmakers to carry out the plans of his organization, the Anti-Saloon League, and ban the sale and manufacture of distilled spirits"--Provided by publisher.

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