Contains a selection of contemporary narratives and reminiscences that provide varying perspectives on the issue of prohibition in the United States, each with a short introduction.
Content Note
Introduction: The Noble experiment -- THE DRYS: The evils of alcohol / Billy Sunday -- Give prohibition its chance / Ella A. Boole -- Prohibition for the common good / Charles Stelzle -- Alcoholism is obsolete in the Industrial Age / Ernest H. Cherrington -- Liquor has always been in league with rebellion / Wayne B. Wheeler -- THE WETS: Prohibition is the Devil's deceit / Joseph F. Rutherford -- The Puritanical fundations of the Prohibition movement / Clarence Darrow -- Prohibition is contrary to human nature / Percy Andreae -- Prohibition is unenforceable / Fiorello H. LaGuardia -- THE COPS AND THE CRIMINALS: Prohibition Agent No. 1 / Izzy Einstein -- The danger of unfit prohibition agents / Mabel Walker Willebrandt -- The untouchables / Eliot Ness with Oscar Fraley -- A small-time crook / Rafer Dooley -- Rumrunners / Anonymous -- THE GENERAL PUBLIC: If you don't like the law, break it / Corey Ford -- The Parlor / Charles Angoff -- A poor substitute for the real thing / John Arthur Henricks -- Women and drinking / Stanley Walker -- No trouble finding alcohol / H. L. Mencken -- REPEAL: A united cause / Grace C. Root -- An unfair, unenforceable, and un-American law / Ira L. Reeves -- A dry admits prohibition's failure / John D. Rockefeller Jr. -- A vote for repeal / Franklin D. Roosevelt -- Prohibition was a success / George B. Cutten.