The Rise And Fall Of Prohibition
By Charles Hanson Towne
Length5h 51m
About this audiobook
Excerpt: "The strange phenomenon of Prohibition, after an appearance amongst us of over three years, is still non-understandable to the majority of a great, and so-called free, people. It is one of the most astonishing manifestations the world has ever witnessed. It came upon us like a phantom, swiftly; like a thief in the night, taking us by surprise. Yet the Prohibitionists will tell you that no one should be amazed, since for years—for almost a century—quiet forces have been at work to bring about this very thing. Most of us can remember how, not so many years ago, when we wished to throw away our vote, we cast it for the Prohibition ticket. Some unknown "crank" was running for office on a dry platform. "What a joke," we said, "to give him the weight of our affirmation, to enlarge his pitiful handful of white ballots! It will be a good way to get even with the arrogant Mr. So-and-So. And into the box we laughingly dropped the bit of paper which might cause a mention to be made of the crank in the next morning's news columns. Delightful, insincere flattery, which could not possibly do any harm. How well, how thoroughly, how consistently we gave it, never dreaming that the solemn hour would strike when our gesture would no longer be a joke."
Audiobook details
GenreHistory
Length5 hrs 51 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJan 11, 2020
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1AUTHOR’S NOTE
2CHAPTER I THE PHENOMENON OF PROHIBITION
3CHAPTER II OUR GREAT UNHAPPINESS
4CHAPTER III OUR ENDLESS CHAIN OF LAWS
5CHAPTER IV TOO MUCH “VERBOTEN”
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6CHAPTER V MAKING THE WORLD SAFE FOR DE-MOCKERY-CY
7CHAPTER VI THE INFAMOUS VOLSTEAD ACT
8CHAPTER VII A TRIUMVIRATE AGAINST PROHIBITION
9CHAPTER VIII “THE FEAR FOR THEE, MY COUNTRY”
10CHAPTER IX DRYING UP THE OCEAN
11CHAPTER X THE MULLAN-GAGE LAW, THE VAN NESS ACT AND THE HOBERT ACT
12CHAPTER XI BOOTLEGGING AND GRAFT
13CHAPTER XII “DON’T JOKE ABOUT PROHIBITION”
14CHAPTER XIII HOW CANADA HAS SOLVED THE LIQUOR PROBLEM
15CHAPTER XIV CRIME AND DRUNKENNESS
16CHAPTER XV THE LITERARY DIGEST’S CANVASS
17CHAPTER XVI LITERATURE AND PROHIBITION
18CHAPTER XVII AMERICA TODAY
19CHAPTER XVIII OTHER REFORMS
20CHAPTER XIX IS EUROPE GOING DRY?
21CHAPTER XX WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO ABOUT IT?
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