Prohibition Peepers

Author : Michael Bracken
Publisher : Down & Out Books
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2023-09-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Prohibition Peepers by Michael Bracken Pdf

The 18th Amendment created prohibition—a “noble experiment” that banned the manufacture, transportation, and sale of intoxicating liquors—and gave rise to criminal activity associated with bootlegging, gang violence, and more. During the 1920s and early 1930s, the police had their hands full, and private investigators were there working both sides of the law. Prohibition Peepers stories are set during and immediately after the end of Prohibition, with private eyes serving clients of all social statuses. These hardboiled and fast-paced tales written by some of today’s hottest crime fiction short story writers will have you reaching for your own mason jar of moonshine or highball glass of bathtub gin. Edited by Michael Bracken with stories by Michael Bracken, Susanna Calkins, David Dean, Jim Doherty, John M. Floyd, Nils Gilbertson, Richard Helms, Hugh Lessig, Steve Liskow, Leigh Lundin, Adam Meyer, Penny Mickelbury, Joseph S. Walker, and Stacy Woodson.

Author : Michael Bracken
Publisher : Down & Out Books
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2024-05-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Private Dicks and Disco Balls by Michael Bracken Pdf

The Sixties were a time of great cultural upheaval, and that upheaval continued into the 1970s. In the midst of all this, private eyes worked with clients across the generations, from those still clinging to the social mores of Nixon’s “silent majority” to those who embraced the rapid societal changes that began in the 1960s. From old-school private eyes to the Baby Boomers coming of age and entering the trade, these private eyes will take readers on a funky frolic through the Dyn-O-Mite Seventies. Contributors include Ann Aptaker, N.M. Cedeño, Bill Fitzhugh, James A. Hearn, Laura Oles, Alan Orloff, Gary Phillips, Neil S. Plakcy, William Dylan Powell, Stephen D. Rogers, Mark Thielman, Bev Vincent, and Andrew Welsh-Huggins.

Author : Mike Hockney
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2007-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781847994776

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Prohibition A by Mike Hockney Pdf

She's their best agent. Now they've given her a new mission. Sarah Harris must kill presidential candidate Robert Montcrieff on his wedding day in St Patrick's Cathedral in Manhattan. There's just one problem: Sarah is Montcrieff's bride. She has one week to persuade them they've made a terrible mistake. Her frantic search for answers will bring her face to face with Sin for Salvation, an ancient cult with murderous rituals. Its members aspire to commit an ultimate sin known as Prohibition A. The cult preaches a shocking, hypersexual creed that has seduced Wall Street's highest flyers. They enlist recruits in the world's most exclusive nightclub, revolving around a sado-masochistic fantasy journey through Dante's nine circles of hell. But when its wealthy clientele leave the club, it's neither lust nor lucre they have on their minds. It's murder.

Author : Goldwin Smith
Publisher : s.l. : s.n.
Page : 16 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1889
Category : Prohibition
ISBN : OXFORD:N11035612

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Prohibitionism in Canada and the United States by Goldwin Smith Pdf

Author : J. Anne Funderburg
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2014-04-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9780786479610

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Bootleggers and Beer Barons of the Prohibition Era by J. Anne Funderburg Pdf

This work is an accurate, wide-ranging, and entertaining account of the illegal liquor traffic during the Prohibition Era (1920 to 1933). Based on FBI files, legal documents, old newspapers and other sources, it offers a coast-to-coast survey of Volstead crime--outrageous stories of America's most notorious liquor lords, including Al Capone and Dutch Schultz. Readers will find the lesser known Volstead outlaws to be as fascinating as their more famous counterparts. The riveting tales of Max Hassel, Waxy Gordon, Roy Olmstead, the Purple Gang, the Havre Bunch, and the Capitol Hill Bootlegger will be new to most readers. Likewise, the exploits of women bootleggers and flying bootleggers are unknown to most Americans. Books about Prohibition usually note that Canadian liquor exporters abetted the U.S. bootleggers, but they fail to go into detail. Bootleggers and Beer Barons examines the major cross-border routes for smuggling liquor from Canada into the U.S.: Quebec to Vermont and New York, Ontario to Michigan, Saskatchewan to Montana, and British Columbia to Washington.

Author : Martin Gitlin
Publisher : ABDO
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1616136855

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The Prohibition Era by Martin Gitlin Pdf

Examines the Prohibition Era exploring the background of prohibition, including the events leading up to it, its economic effects, its repeal, and the key people involved.

Author : Suzanne Lieurance
Publisher : Enslow Publishing
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : PSU:000050016105

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The Prohibition Era in American History by Suzanne Lieurance Pdf

Explores the impact on American society and history of the Eighteenth Amendment and the Volstead Act, which prohibited any use of alcohol except for religious or medicinal purposes.

Author : Tamra Orr
Publisher : Blackbirch Press, Incorporated
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2003-09
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1567117686

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Prohibition by Tamra Orr Pdf

Provides a brief biography of each person who participated before, during, and after the prohibition.

Author : Claudine Burnett
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2013-02-06
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781477291627

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Prohibition Madness by Claudine Burnett Pdf

Throughout America cocktail parties sparkled defiantly through the dreaded first minutes of January 20, 1920. With morning would come the official start of Prohibition. It was easy, however, to keep the party going in Long Beach, California. Though Long Beach had been "dry" throughout most of its history, illegal liquor distribution throughout the city was already perfected by the time the 18th Amendment, banning the sale of most alcoholic beverages, became law. Already in place were underground booze operations, secretive speakeasies and bootlegging, the perfect staging ground for crime, corruption AND murder. READ ABOUT: Oil - The one discovery that made Long Beach different from the rest of 1920's and 30's America and would change the life of the city in many unforeseen ways. Good vs. Evil - Murders, gun battles, lawlessness ...the city was a battleground between the influences of good and evil. Involved in the battle was the Ku Klux Klan, Communists, rum runners, bootleggers, gangsters, and corrupt politicians. MEET: Hollywood celebrities William Desmond Taylor, Fatty Arbuckle and other well-known figures who ended up dead, or their careers ruined, because of rampant corruption and illicit booze. Gangsters such as Al Capone's henchman Ralph Sheldon, who gunned down Long Beach policeman William Waggoner, and got away with it. Bootleggers like Thomas Johnstone, murdered by his wife when he refused to give up his nefarious profession. Oil swindlers, many influenced by C.C. Julian and his Ponzi scheme that bilked thousands out of their life savings. Murderers such as Bluebeard Watson, who killed most of his 15 wives until one of them became suspicious. These are just a few of the individuals and matters discussed in this eye opening account of Long Beach and Southern California during the 1920's and 30's.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : UM Libraries
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1923
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015071372158

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The Tempest by Anonim Pdf

Author : Renee C. Rebman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : History
ISBN : 1560064447

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Prohibition by Renee C. Rebman Pdf

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.

Author : United States. Wickersham Commission
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1931
Category : Prohibition
ISBN : UOM:39015012108125

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Enforcement of the Prohibition Laws by United States. Wickersham Commission Pdf

Author : Philip P. Mason
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2024-05-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9780814351055

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Rum Running and the Roaring Twenties by Philip P. Mason Pdf

On January 17, 1920, the Eighteenth Amendment took effect in the United States, prohibiting the manufacture, sale, use, or importation of alcoholic beverages. Many thought this action would bring peace and tranquility to the country, but that was not the case. Instead, the Prohibition experiment failed dismally in the United States, and nowhere worse than in Michigan. The state’s proximity to Canada, where large amounts of liquor were manufactured, made it a major center for the smuggling and sale of illegal alcohol. Although federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies attempted to stop the flow of liquor into Michigan, an astounding 75 percent of all illegal liquor brought into the United States was transported across the Detroit River from Canada. Philip P. Mason regales readers with stories of the bungled efforts by officials at every level to control the smuggling and sale of illegal alcohol. Most entertaining are the creative smuggling efforts undertaken by citizens from all walks of life—from the poor to the affluent, from upstanding citizens to organized criminals and gangsters. Using police and court records, newspaper accounts, and interviews with those who lived during the time, Mason has constructed a fascinating history of life in Michigan during Prohibition.

Author : Inger L. Stole
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2010-10-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780252092589

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Advertising on Trial by Inger L. Stole Pdf

In the 1930s, the United States almost regulated advertising to a degree that seems unthinkable today. Activists viewed modern advertising as propaganda that undermined the ability of consumers to live in a healthy civic environment. Organized consumer movements fought the emerging ad business and its practices with fierce political opposition. Inger L. Stole examines how consumer activists sought to limit corporate influence by rallying popular support to moderate and change advertising. Stole weaves the story through the extensive use of primary sources, including archival research done with consumer and trade group records, as well as trade journals and engagement with the existing literature. Her account of the struggle also demonstrates how public relations developed in order to justify laissez-faire corporate advertising in light of a growing consumer rights movement, and how the failure to rein in advertising was significant not just for civic life in the 1930s but for our era as well.

Author : Kathleen Morgan Drowne
Publisher : Ohio State University Press
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : History
ISBN : 9780814209974

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Spirits of Defiance by Kathleen Morgan Drowne Pdf