Last call

Last call

By
Daniel Okrent
Daniel Okrent
2010 • 468 pages

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In an entertaining book that is the basis for the forthcoming Ken Burns documentary for PBS, the author explains how Prohibition happened, what life under Prohibition was like and what it did to the country.

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I started reading this when I was laid low with major allergies, and I don't know if it was the swollen-itchy-red-leaky-crusty eyes or if it was the writing but I just couldn't get through this book.

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