{"product_id":"ardent-spirits-pb-9780306805127","title":"Ardent Spirits PB","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): John Kobler\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Grand Central Publishing\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Grand Central Publishing\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: United States - 20th Century\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"This is first-rate popular history, full of anecdotes and vivid personalities, with a compelling narrative.\"--\u003ci\u003eSmithsonian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eArdent Spirit\u003c\/i\u003e covers the full range of the temperance idea in America, beginning in the early seventeenth century and continuing through the prohibition years, 1919-1933. Using a wide variety of sources, Kobler quotes the amusing and often startling comments relating to the efforts of prohibitionists and lawmakers, so that the speakeasies, the rum-running, the bootleggers, and the gang wars all come vividly to life. Here too are portraits of eccentrics, instant millionaires, law enforcement officers, and murderers-all part of the Noble Experiment which proved to be one of the most tragicomic sagas in American history.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Grand Central Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45355889688727,"sku":"9780306805127","price":1856.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780306805127.webp?v=1767309126","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/ardent-spirits-pb-9780306805127","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}