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Moonshiner's gold

2001
In Canadian, Texas, in 1927, not long after his father's death, Riley and his fiddle-playing grandfather must find a way to save the family ranch from a group of moonshiners and the men behind their operation.

Prohibition

banning alcohol
2003
Discusses Prohibition in the United States, including why it was enacted, its effects on the people and the nation, its connection with criminal activity, and its repeal.

Ardent spirits

the rise and fall of prohibition
1973

Prohibition

the 18th Amendment, the Volstead Act, the 21st Amendment
1986

Vixen

2010
Seventeen-year-old socialite Gloria secretly longs to be a flapper, but now that she is engaged to Sebastian, she must leave her partying days behind, until her future is threatened by an alluring jazz musician who encourages Gloria to risk everything.

Prohibition

2010
This book explores the history of Prohibition (1920-1933), from the passage of the Eighteenth Amendment to the Twenty-First Amendment that would repeal the Eighteenth Amendment.

The Prohibition era

temperance in the United States
2009
This book describes the Prohibition Era (1920-1933), a period when the Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution forbade Americans from manufacturing, selling, or transporting alcoholic beverages.

Prohibition

2003
Contains a selection of contemporary narratives and reminiscences that provide varying perspectives on the issue of prohibition in the United States, each with a short introduction.

Moonshiner's son

1995
As he works with his father making moonshine in the remote hills of Virginia during Prohibition, twelve-year-old Tom learns about hard work and honesty.

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