{"product_id":"9781628721065","title":"Prohibition: Thirteen Years That Changed America","description":"From the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Last Emperor\u003c\/i\u003e comes this rip-roaring history of the government’s attempt to end America’s love  affair with liquor—which failed miserably. On January 16, 1920,  America went dry. For the next thirteen years, the Eighteenth  Amendment prohibited the making, selling, or transportation of  “intoxicating liquors,” heralding a new era of crime and corruption on all levels of society. Instead of eliminating alcohol, Prohibition spurred more drinking than ever before. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Formerly law-abiding citizens brewed moonshine, became rum-  runners, and frequented speakeasies. Druggists, who could dispense “medicinal quantities” of alcohol, found their customer  base exploding overnight. So many people from all walks of life  defied the ban that Will Rogers famously quipped, “Prohibition  is better than no liquor at all.” Here is the full, rollicking story of  those tumultuous days, from the flappers of the Jazz Age and the  “beautiful and the damned” who drank their lives away in smoky  speakeasies to bootlegging gangsters—Pretty Boy Floyd, Bonnie  and Clyde, Al Capone—and the notorious St. Valentine’s Day  Massacre. Edward Behr paints a portrait of an era that changed  the country forever.","brand":"Arcade Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47166433263856,"sku":"9781628721065","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781628721065_p0.jpg?v=1763870134","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781628721065","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}