TY - BOOK N2 - For more than a decade starting in 1920, millions of regular Americans ignored the law of the land. Parents became bootleggers, kids smuggled illegal alcohol, and outlaws became celebrities. It wasn't supposed to be that way, of course. When Congress passed the Eighteenth Amendment, prohibiting the sale and manufacture of alcohol in the United States, supporters believed it would create a better, stronger nation. Instead it began an era of lawlessness, when famous gangsters like Al Capone rose to fame, and many reconsidered their concept of right and wrong. This is the story of those years in American history-- the story of prohibition. AB - For more than a decade starting in 1920, millions of regular Americans ignored the law of the land. Parents became bootleggers, kids smuggled illegal alcohol, and outlaws became celebrities. It wasn't supposed to be that way, of course. When Congress passed the Eighteenth Amendment, prohibiting the sale and manufacture of alcohol in the United States, supporters believed it would create a better, stronger nation. Instead it began an era of lawlessness, when famous gangsters like Al Capone rose to fame, and many reconsidered their concept of right and wrong. This is the story of those years in American history-- the story of prohibition. T1 - Bootleg :murder, moonshine, and the lawless years of prohibition / DA - 2011 CY - New York : AU - Blumenthal, Karen. AU - Colvin, Jay. ET - 1st ed. CN - HV5089 CN - HV5089 PB - Roaring Brook Press, PP - New York : PY - 2011 N1 - "Book design by Jay Colvin"--t.p. verso. ID - 467150 KW - Prohibition KW - Temperance KW - Temperance KW - Alcoholic beverage industry KW - Alcoholic beverage law violations KW - Alcohol KW - Liquor laws KW - Drinking of alcoholic beverages KW - Drinking of alcoholic beverages KW - Constitutional amendments KW - Distilling, Illicit KW - Massacres KW - Organized crime KW - Gangsters SN - 9781596434493 SN - 159643449X TI - Bootleg :murder, moonshine, and the lawless years of prohibition / ER -