History Comics: The Prohibition Era: America's War on Alcohol

By Jason Viola

Turn back the clock with History Comics In this volume we visit the Prohibition Era and see how the business of booze became a criminal enterprise

In 1919, the United States ratified an amendment to the Constitution that outlawed the manufacture, transportation, and sale of alcohol. As a hard-fought dream for a better world became federal law, society soon began facing an onslaught of new problems: clever bootleggers, corrupt enforcers, crowded prisons, and violent gangsters. Walk through the hidden hallway of a Jazz Age speakeasy to uncover the moral panic over alcohol and excess that we continue to grapple with today.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1250801443
• ISBN13: 9781250801449
• Release Date: October 2024
• Publisher: First Second
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 8.6"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7