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

Author: Blumenthal, Karen.

Edition: 1st ed.

Publisher: New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2011.

ISBN: 9781596434493 (hbk.)
159643449X (hbk.)

Description: 154 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.

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.
Prohibition.
Temperance.
Alcoholic beverage industry.
United States History 1919-1933 Juvenile literature.
United States History 1919-1933.

Target Audience: 013 up.

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.

Summary: "It began with the best of intentions. Worried about the effects of alcohol on American families, mothers and civic leaders started a movement to outlaw drinking in public places. Over time, their protests, petitions, and activism paid off--when a Constitional Amendment banning the sale and consumption of alcohol was ratified, it was hailed as the end of public drunkenness, alcoholism, and a host of other social ills related to booze. Instead, it began a decade of lawlessness, when children smuggled (and drank) illegal alcohol, the most upright citizens casually broke the law, and a host of notorious gangsters entered the public eye. Filled with period art and photographs, anecdotes, and portraits of unique characters from the era, this fascinating book looks at the rise and fall of the disastrous social experiment known as Prohibition."--Amazon.com.