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

By Jason Viola

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1250801451
• ISBN13: 9781250801456
• Release Date: October 2024
• Publisher: First Second
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 2.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 8.4"
• Age Range: 9 to 13 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 8