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Author Blumenthal, Karen.

Title Bootleg : murder, moonshine, and the lawless years of Prohibition / Karen Blumenthal.

Imprint New York : Roaring Brook Press, c2011.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 PHS Non-Fiction  973.91 Blumethal    ---  Available
Edition 1st ed.
Description 154 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents The Little Sheppard -- Hot and cold water -- Home destroyers and defenders -- A nation divides -- War! -- Dry! -- Milk and moonshine -- Snorky and Scarface -- Wet, again -- Epilogue: success or failure?
Indexed In: Junior Library Guild
Summary Meant to end a social ill, Prohibition brought fame to gangsters and moonshiners, encouraged bribery, and even involved children in the liquor industry. Includes reproductions of prohibition- and temperance-era memorabilia.
Audience 15 & up.
10 & up.
Study Program AR RL 9.1 5.0 PHS
Awards A Junior Library Guild selection
Subject Prohibition -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
Temperance -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
Alcoholic beverage industry -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
Alcoholic beverage law violations -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
United States -- History -- 1919-1933 -- Juvenile literature.
ISBN 9781596434493

 
    
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