{"product_id":"bootleg-murder-moonshine-and-the-lawless-years-of-prohibition-paperback","title":"Bootleg: Murder, Moonshine, and the Lawless Years of Prohibition - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKaren Blumenthal\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFilled with period art and photographs, anecdotes, and portraits of unique characters from the era, this fascinating book by an award-winning author looks at the rise and fall of the disastrous social experiment known as Prohibition. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt began with the best of intentions. Worried about the effects of alcohol on American families, mothers and civic leaders started a movement to outlaw drinking in public places. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOver time, their protests, petitions, and activism paid off--when a Constitutional Amendment banning the sale and consumption of alcohol was ratified, it was hailed as the end of public drunkenness, alcoholism, and a host of other social ills related to booze. Instead, it began a decade of lawlessness, when children smuggled (and drank) illegal alcohol, the most upright citizens casually broke the law, and a host of notorious gangsters entered the public eye. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eBootleg: Murder, Moonshine, and the Lawless Years of Prohibition\u003c\/i\u003e is fast-paced non-fiction perfect for anyone who's interested in American history, paricularly the 1920s, gangsters, bootleggers, the history of alcohol in the US, the Eighteenth Amendment and the Constitution, and American politics. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRead more thrilling nonfiction by Karen Blumenthal: \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eHillary Rodham Clinton: A Woman Living History\u003c\/i\u003e (A YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction Award Finalist)\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTommy: The Gun That Changed America\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSteve Jobs: The Man Who Thought Different\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eBootleg\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA \u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003c\/i\u003e Best Teen Book of the Year \u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e's Best Nonfiction Book \u003cbr\u003eA YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction Finalist \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A fast-paced, gripping narrative . . . An informative, insightful account of a fascinating period of American history.\" --\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003estarred review\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Gangsters, guns, and political battles--this book has them all--and presents them in compelling prose . . . a lively read.\" --\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003estarred review\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Lively anecdotes and personal stories keep the reading brisk and often quite jovial.\" --\u003ci\u003eBulletin of the Center for Children's Books, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003estarred review\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A highly readable, well-shaped look at the Eighteenth Amendment . . . a top-notch resource.\" --\u003ci\u003eBooklist, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003estarred review\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The scope is ambitious, but Blumenthal investigates various tangents with telling anecdotes, quotes, statistics, photographs, and illustrations without losing her focus on the bigger picture. Whether you consider ongoing problems with substance abuse or increasingly polarized political discourse, the book is startlingly relevant to modern times in many ways, marking Blumenthal as one of the more intellectually adventurous authors writing for young adults today.\" --\u003ci\u003eHorn Book Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKaren Blumenthal\u003c\/b\u003e (1959-2020) was a financial journalist and editor whose career included five years with \u003ci\u003eThe Dallas Morning News\u003c\/i\u003e and twenty-five with \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e--where her work helped earn the paper a Pulitzer Prize for its breaking news coverage of the September 11, 2001 attacks--before becoming an award-winning children's non-fiction book writer. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThree of her books, \u003ci\u003eHillary Rodham Clinton: A Woman Living History\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSteve Jobs: The Man Who Thought Different\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBootleg: Murder, Moonshine, and the Lawless Years of Prohibition\u003c\/i\u003e, were finalists for the YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Award. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKaren was also the author of \u003ci\u003eSix Days in October: The Stock Market Crash of 1929\u003c\/i\u003e (named a Sibert Honor Book), \u003ci\u003eLet Me Play: The Story of Title IX\u003c\/i\u003e (winner of the Jane Addams Children's Book Award), \u003ci\u003eTommy: The Gun That Changed America\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBonnie and Clyde: The Making of a Legend\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eJane Against the World: Roe v. 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