Booze The Impact Of Whisky On The Prairie West James H. Gray

Booze The Impact Of Whisky On The Prairie West by James H. Gray

This book covers the history of spirits, prohibition and the rise of the spirit industry into what we know it as today.

Chapters include:

Belly up to the bar, boys!

The Law and the prophets

The lesser breeds, and wife-beaters

What good were laws without loopholes?

The slogan that won the west

Prohibition: where it worked, where it didn't

Yorkton, where Harry planted the money tree

Here it is, you come and get it

Sue the bastards!

In the Customs Department, who told the truth?

The first crack in the dike

How it all ended - with governments as booze-pushers

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