Last Call discussion

I intend to begin it tonight. And, having read it in manuscript, know that I will love it beyond what words can express. I love the guy.

Just finished it. Terrific. Had me chuckling more times than i probably should have. Enjoy!

Wait for the PBS Version.

Much more than anyone should want to know about Prohibition. However, it is enlightening how religious zealots and their crazy and opportunistic camp following politicians can capture the Constitution and the Republic.

It might make a more interesting script for the PBS program coming up soon. I'll watch because Ken Burns knows how to present this kind of material better than this author.

It focused a lot about what was going on at the Canadian border, I found myself asking -- often -- what about Mexico? Tijuana and Laredo? Tequila?
Mexico wasn't even in the index.
It made me want to check other sources to see what went on along the Mexican border.

Great book...loved the details...and since of the times

Did anyone else think "war oN drugs"?

Robert wrote: "it is enlightening how religious zealots and their crazy and opportunistic camp following politicians can capture the Constitution and the Republic."

As a religious person, I want to point out that we're not all zealots. The women who started the temperance movement had a reasonable cause. They didn't want their husbands spending all the family's money on alcohol, coming home drunk, and beating them and their kids. The trouble was that they aligned themselves with the KKK. . .

Mike wrote: "Did anyone else think "war oN drugs"?"

You betcha. But one thing to consider is that the medical marijuana exemption, while reasonable, is probably being abused just like medicinal alcohol was then with doctors and dentists prescribing whiskey left and right.

Anheiser Busch today: http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2013/0...

Author interview from last year: http://www.wnyc.org/shows/lopate/2012...

I had not known a lot about Prohibition, this is a great book to learn from.