prohibition

Discusses the political and social aspects of the Eighteenth Amendment prohibiting the sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages, as well as the repeal of that law with the passage of the Twenty-first Amendment.

This videodisc explores the extraordinary story of what happens when a freedom-loving nation outlaws the sale of intoxicating liquor, and the disastrous unintended consequences that follow. The utterly relevant cautionary tale raises profound questions about the proper role of government and the limits of legislating morality. When the country goes dry in 1920, after a century of debate, millions of law-abiding Americans become lawbreakers overnight.

Documentary on the many forces at work during the 1920's, a decade of great prosperity, which ended in a great depression.

In 1921, when detective Isaac Bell's friend is shot while chasing a rum-running vessel, Bell swears to catch the smugglers. Bell investigates and becomes involved with an international bootlegging operation that stretches from Europe to Florida, and is plotting the downfall of America.

A fact-based novel in which writer Sherwood Anderson arrives in Franklin County, Virginia, in 1934 in search of a story on the area's moonshiners and becomes caught up in the investigating the link between an attack on restaurant owner Forrest Bondurant that left him with his throat slashed, the arrival at the same hospital where Bondurant is recovering of two additional brutalized victims, and a rumored cache of bootlegging money.

Twelve-year-old Tom Higgins is determined to learn his father's moonshining business even though Prohibition forbids its production; but when a preacher arrives in the small Virginia community, the lines are drawn between the law and morality and the long and respected way of life of the Higgins family.

The first book in the new Stories of Our Past series, Lawlor chronicles the history of this furtive trade and recounts the exploits and escapades of the East Coast's most infamous liquor smugglers. Complete with enthralling first-person accounts, fact-filled sidebars, and more than 60 photos, this accessible read is the rollicking story of one of the most captivating and controversial chapters of Canadian history.

Chronicles the Prohibition era in the U.S. from 1920 to 1933; and traces the rise of the Temperance movement, speakeasies, and gangsters including Pretty Boy Floyd, Lucky Luciano, and Al Capone.

A history of the prohibition of alcohol in America; this great experiment and reform effort had many unforseen consequences.

Examines the causes and devastating effects of World War I, looks at the reasons why the U.S. became involved in the conflict, discusses life during the Roaring Twenties and the development of jazz music, and explains the intended purpose of Prohibition and its role in the rise of organized crime.