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Prohibition in Sacramento: Moralizers & Bootleggers in the Wettest City in the Nation

By Annette Kassis

Book information

Publisher
Arcadia Publishing Inc.
Year
2014
ISBN
9781625846211, 9781626191662, 2014022664
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
4 MB (3766934 bytes)
Series
American Palate
Pages
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Time added
2022-11-03 23:20:52
History; Nonfiction; HIS000000

Description

Sacramento’s open opposition to Prohibition and ties to rumrunning up and down the California coast caused some to label the capital the wettest city in the nation. The era from World War I until the repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment brought Sacramento storied institutions like Mather Field and delightful surprises like a thriving film industry, but it wasn’t all pretty. The Ku Klux Klan, ethnic immigrant hatred and open hostility toward Catholics and Jews were dark chapters in the Prohibition era as Sacramento began to shape its modern identity. Join historian Annette Kassis on an exploration of this wet—and dry—snapshot of the River City.

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