last call the rise and fall of prohibition

|a United States |x History |y 20th century. |a Drinking of alcoholic beverages |z United States |0 |x History |y 20th century. Constitution was amended to restrict one of America's favorite pastimes: drinking alcoholic beverages. |a An authoritative, and fascinating history of America's most puzzling era, the years 1920 to 1933, when the U.S. |a 8 audio discs (approximately 10 hrs.) : |b digital |c 4 3/4 in. This well-researched and thoughtful book casts new light on Prohibition, one of the oddest, most important, and least understood American historical developments in the twentieth century. He lives in Manhattan and on Cape Cod with his wife, the poet Rebecca Okrent.|a Last call |h : |b the rise and fall of Prohibition / |c Daniel Okrent. November/December 2010 Published on November 1, 2010.

He was also a featured commentator on two Ken Burns series, and his books include Last Call, The Guarded Gate, and Great Fortune, which was a finalist for the 2004 Pulitzer Prize in history. He worked in book publishing as an editor at Knopf and Viking and was editor-in-chief of general books at Harcourt Brace.

Wall Street Journal's 10 Best Books of 2010ĭaniel Okrent was the first public editor of The New York Times, editor-at-large of Time, Inc., and managing director of Life magazine.

He lives in Manhattan and on Cape Cod with his wife, the poet Rebecca Okrent. It stands as a complete history of Prohibition and confirms Daniel Okrent's rank as a major American writer.ĭaniel Okrent was the first public editor of The New York Times, editor-at-large of Time, Inc., and managing director of Life magazine. Last Call is meticulously and thrillingly told. Writing with both wit and historical acuity, Daniel Okrent describes how the period of history marked a confluence of diverse forces, as well as stories from nearly all parts of the country. Daniel Okrent's Last Call gives a dazzling explanation of why we did it, what life was like under Prohibition, and how such an unprecedented degree of government interference in the private lives of Americans changed the country forever.

That Americans would ever agree to relinquish their booze was as improbable as it was astonishing. A fascinating history of America's most puzzling era, the years 1920 to 1933, when the US Constitution was amended to restrict one of America's favorite pastimes - drinking alcoholic beverages.

Last call the rise and fall of prohibition