History Comics: The Prohibition Era: America's War on Alcohol

Turn back the clock with History Comics! In this volume we visit the Prohibition Era and see how the business of booze became a criminal enterprise!

In 1919, the United States ratified an amendment to the Constitution that outlawed the manufacture, transportation, and sale of alcohol. As a hard-fought dream for a better world became federal law, society soon began facing an onslaught of new problems: clever bootleggers, corrupt enforcers, crowded prisons, and violent gangsters. Walk through the hidden hallway of a Jazz Age speakeasy to uncover the moral panic over alcohol and excess that we continue to grapple with today.

Author: Jason Viola
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: First Second
Published: 10/22/2024
Series: History Comics
Pages: 128
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.60h x 6.10w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9781250801449