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20 Myths of Prohibition: Unmasking the Booze Ban That Backfired pulls you out of the smoky speakeasy and into the archives. Was America really drinking more than ever, united behind the dry crusade, while gangsters and G-men created chaos until the experiment collapsed? In 20 sharp, fast-paced chapters, Miguel Thornton takes apart the stories pushed by Hollywood, textbooks and temperance propaganda, then rebuilds what actually happened using federal ledgers, health data, court records and classic scholarship. You will see how the ban really changed drinking, crime, politics and the later War on Drugs, and why the loudest legends about the “dry decade” survive because they hide who benefited and who paid the price.
