{"product_id":"ardent-spirits-pb-9780306805127","title":"Ardent Spirits PB","description":"\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Kobler\u003c\/b\u003e's (1910-2000) many books include biographies of John Barrymore, Henry Luce, John Hunter, and Otto Kahn. He wrote for the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e and other magazines, and lived in New York City.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Da Capo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50844271935762,"sku":"9780306805127","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_13ee599a-1786-42f8-9cbe-247622d95711.jpg?v=1737315370","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/ardent-spirits-pb-9780306805127","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}