Description: Prohibition in Washington, D.C., District of Columbia, Paperback In 1929, it was estimated that every week bootleggers brought twenty-two thousand gallons of whiskey, moonshine and other spirits into Washington, D.C.'s three thousand speakeasies. H.L. Mencken called it the thirteen awful years, "? though it was sixteen for the District. Nevertheless, the bathtub gin, swilling capital dwellers made the most of Prohibition. Author Garrett Peck crafts a rollicking history brimming with stories of vice, topped off with vintage cocktail recipes and garnished with a walking tour of former speakeasies. Join Peck as he explores an underground city ruled not by organized crime but by amateur bootleggers, where publicly teetotaling congressmen could get a stiff drink behind House office doors and the African American community of U Street was humming with a new sound called jazz."
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Location: Columbia, South Carolina
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Brand: Unbranded
MPN: 9781609492366
Book Title: Prohibition in Washington, D.C. : : How Dry We Weren't
Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 0.3in
Item Width: 6in
Author: Garrett Peck
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, De, Md, NJ, NY, Pa), Consumer Behavior, United States / 20th Century, Museums, Tours, Points of Interest, Subjects & Themes / Lifestyles, Beverages / Alcoholic / Bartending, Customs & Traditions
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Publication Year: 2011
Genre: Photography, Travel, Cooking, Business & Economics, History, Social Science
Item Weight: 9.9 Oz
Number of Pages: 160 Pages
