Closing time
prohibition, rum-runners, and border wars
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Word Count
46,500 words, Guess
Page Count
186 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archiveclosingtimeprohi0000fran
- ISBN-101771620374
- ISBN-139781771620376
- OCLC Control Number884616434
- Better World Books9781771620376
and 1 more
- Open LibraryOL27185290M
Classifications
- DDC363.4/10971
- LCCHV5091.C2 F77 2014
- LCCHV5091.C3 F723 2014
and 1 more
- LCCHV5091
Description
"Canadians have long associated Prohibition with the colorful history of the Jazz Age in the United States. But even before the American ban that was in place from 1920 to 1933, Canada initiated its own Prohibition. The so-called Cold Water Army was led by zealots and prudes preaching hellfire and damnation, but also by committed social reformers who recognized the ill effects of excessive drinking. In March 1918, the federal government banned the manufacture and importation of liquor. For the next 21 months, Canada was as dry as any law could make it, which admittedly was not very dry. Closing Time tells the story of this fascinating attempt to control the social habits of Canadian citizens. It began as a popular crusade to cleanse society of a widespread evil, but instead became an opportunity for larceny, profit, and violence on a grand scale."--
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