Ardent spirits : the rise and fall of prohibition /
by John Kobler.
- New York : G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1973.
- 372 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
With hard- and supercover
Includes index and bibliographical references
Cont.: Elegy for Hell's best friend -- 1. Temperance 1609-1860. The true instaurator -- A sin that excludes from heaven -- Of Washingtonians, cold water soldiers, rechabites and others -- Strange bedfellows -- 2. The Party, the Union, the League 1869-1919. James Black for president -- They shall be devoured as stubble fully dry -- Organized mother love -- Ethics be hanged -- The barrage -- 3. The noble experiment 1920-1934. This law will be obeyed -- Our little band of martyrs -- The poison cup -- The instant millionaires -- Nabobs and Bacchantes -- Epilogue 1973.