Alice P Green: 2 books
Wicked Albany
Lawlessness & Liquor in the Prohibition Era
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2012
Albany, New York, experienced massive upheaval when the Volstead Act of 1919 established Prohibition. Crime already proliferated in the capital of the Empire State, with rival political machines stooping to corruption and the mob with their heavy-handed powers of persuasion. As it did nationwide, Prohibition...
Wicked Danville
Liquor and Lawlessness in a Southside Virginia City
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2011
Prostitution, gambling, moonshine and drugs could all be found behind closed the closed doors of Danville, VA from 1919 to 1933. During Prohibition, the "Law and Order League," of Danville was, of course, "dry," but the city's mayor was personally was known to be "personally wet," and in 1911 citizens...