The Bootleggers: The Story of Chicago's Prohibition Era

by Kenneth Allsop

Hardcover without dust jacket. Boards are quite worn at edges, spine ends and corners. Foxing to pageblock, FEP, REP and paste downs. Slight hinge break at page 17. Internally clean and clear. AD

Genres: Nonfiction, True Crime, 20th Century, Crime

379 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1961

Reviews

[Steven Scaffardi · Rating 3 out of 5]

Imagine wandering into your local with the boys on a Saturday night for that first drink of the day, only to be told that the sale and manufacturing of alcohol had been banned and deemed illegal to do so across the nation. You can almost hear the uproar from the daily Weatherspoon contingent of heavy drinkers, bemoaning the fact that they have nowhere else to spend their job seekers allowance!

I’m not too sure if that is a sad indictment of the fact we rely so heavily on alcohol as part of our social expression, or the fact that we would be well within our rights to rally against the Government to put forward our right to drink Jägerbomb’s when we want!

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[Walt · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a quick and thorough look at the Chicago gang wars of the 1920s. An excellent resource!