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Book Closing Time

    Book Details:
  • Author : Bill Lindeke
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2019-10-15
  • ISBN : 9781681341378
  • Pages : 240 pages

Download or read book Closing Time written by Bill Lindeke and published by . This book was released on 2019-10-15 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An entertaining journey into the highs, lows, bright spots, and dark corners of the Twin Cities' most famous and infamous drinking establishments--history viewed from the barstool.

Book Close the Saloons

Download or read book Close the Saloons written by Atticus Greene Haygood and published by . This book was released on 1881 with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Close the Saloons

Download or read book Close the Saloons written by Atticus Greene Haygood and published by . This book was released on 1880 with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Close the Saloons

Download or read book Close the Saloons written by Atticus G. Haygood and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-26 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Close the Saloons: A Plea for Prohibition Few of us apprehend the magnitude of the liquor business in the United States. It never has been put into figures, for much of it evades law and escapes report. If it could be reported in its huge proportions it would not be com prehended, for hardly any body really understands what a million means. But let us try. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Book Saloons of the Old West

Download or read book Saloons of the Old West written by Richard Erdoes and published by Gramercy. This book was released on 1997 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of the saloon as an institution of the Old West illustrated with contemporary photographs and line drawings.

Book How Closing the Saloons  killed  Lincoln  Neb

Download or read book How Closing the Saloons killed Lincoln Neb written by Don C. Love and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book CLOSE THE SALOONS

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  • Author : Atticus G. (Atticus Greene) 18 Haygood
  • Publisher : Wentworth Press
  • Release : 2016-08-25
  • ISBN : 9781361365656
  • Pages : 50 pages

Download or read book CLOSE THE SALOONS written by Atticus G. (Atticus Greene) 18 Haygood and published by Wentworth Press. This book was released on 2016-08-25 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Book The Passing of the Saloon

Download or read book The Passing of the Saloon written by George M. Hammell and published by Cincinnati, Ohio : The Tower Press [c1908]. This book was released on 1908 with total page 638 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Old Time Saloon

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  • Author : George Ade
  • Publisher : University of Chicago Press
  • Release : 2016-11-04
  • ISBN : 022641244X
  • Pages : 227 pages

Download or read book The Old Time Saloon written by George Ade and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2016-11-04 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A celebration of the nineteenth-century saloon, written with sly humor during Prohibition: “A gem for gentlemen and gentlewomen who enjoy a tipple.”—Toronto Star Described by Luc Sante as “a distant ancestor of Rocky and Bullwinkle,” George Ade was an early twentieth-century humorist beloved by many, even earning praise from H.L. Mencken. During the waning years of Prohibition, he wrote The Old-Time Saloon—both a work of propaganda masquerading as “just history” and a hilarious exercise in nostalgia that let booze-deprived readers of the day know just what they were missing. Featuring original, vintage illustrations along with a new introduction and notes from Bill Savage, Ade’s book takes us back to the long-gone men’s clubs of earlier days, when beer was a nickel, the pretzels were polished, and the sardines were free. “Ade amuses with his dry humor on a wet topic…The book discusses every phase of the saloon and every type of saloon, from the ornate and opulent place, like the Waldorf or the Knickerbocker, to the dive on the corner and the old-fashioned roadhouse.”—Brooklyn Daily Eagle “Much about nineteenth-century saloons may have been sordid and squalid, but Ade knew how to find their charm, even their joy. He’s a wonderful reading companion—and I bet he would have been pretty great to drink with, too.”—Daniel Okrent, author of Last Call

Book Faces Along the Bar

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  • Author : Madelon Powers
  • Publisher : University of Chicago Press
  • Release : 1999-06
  • ISBN : 9780226677699
  • Pages : 348 pages

Download or read book Faces Along the Bar written by Madelon Powers and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1999-06 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction Pt. I: The Criteria for Comradeship1: The Importance of Being Regular 2: Gender, Age, and Marital Status 3: Occupation, Ethnicity, and Neighborhood Pt. II: The Gentle Art of Clubbing4: Drinking Folkways 5: Clubbing by Treat 6: Clubbing by CollectionPt. III: More Lore of the Barroom7: Games and Gambling 8: Talk and Storytelling 9: Songs and Singing 10: The Free Lunch ConclusionNotesIndex Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

Book Legendary Watering Holes

Download or read book Legendary Watering Holes written by Richard F. Selcer and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Saloons, barrooms, honky-tonks, or watering holes--by whatever name, they are part of the mythology of the American West, and their stories are cocktails of legend and fact, as Richard Selcer, David Bowser, Nancy Hamilton, and Chuck Parsons demonstrate in these entertaining and informative accounts of four legendary Texas establishments. In most Western communities, the first saloon was built before the first church, and the drinking establishments far outnumbered the religious ones. Beyond their obvious functions, saloons served as community centers, polling places, impromptu courtrooms, and public meeting halls. The authors of this volume discuss both the social and operational aspects of the businesses: who the owners were, what drinks were typically served, the democratic ethos that reigned at the bars, the troubling issues of social segregation by race and gender within each establishment, and the way order was maintained--if it was at all. Here, the spotlight is thrown on four saloons that were legends in their day: Jack Harris's Saloon and Vaudeville Theater in San Antonio, Ben Dowell's Saloon in El Paso, the Iron Front of Austin, and the White Elephant of Fort Worth. Together with architectural renderings of the floor plans and old photographs of the establishments and some of their more famous customers, the history of each is woven into the history of its city. Fatal shootings are recounted, and forms of entertainment are described with care and verve. One of this book's most fascinating aspects is the sharp detail that brings to life the malodorous, smoky interiors and the events that took place there. Selcer and his co-authors are experts on their respective watering holes. They start with the origins of each establishment and follow their stories until the last drink was served and the places closed down for good. There are stops along the way to consider the construction of the ornate bars, the suppliers of the liquor served, the attire of the gentlemen gamblers, the variety of casino games that emptied men's pockets, and more. Through the wealth of detail and the animated narrative, a crucial part of Texas' Western heritage becomes immediately accessible to the present.

Book The Anti saloon League Year Book

Download or read book The Anti saloon League Year Book written by Anti-saloon League of America and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Prohibition

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  • Author : W. J. Rorabaugh
  • Publisher : Oxford University Press
  • Release : 2018
  • ISBN : 0190689935
  • Pages : 145 pages

Download or read book Prohibition written by W. J. Rorabaugh and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Americans have always been a hard-drinking people, but from 1920 to 1933 the country went dry. After decades of pressure from rural Protestants such as the hatchet-wielding Carry A. Nation and organizations such as the Women's Christian Temperance Union and Anti-Saloon League, the states ratified the Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution. Bolstered by the Volstead Act, this amendment made Prohibition law: alcohol could no longer be produced, imported, transported, or sold. This bizarre episode is often humorously recalled, frequently satirized, and usually condemned. The more interesting questions, however, are how and why Prohibition came about, how Prohibition worked (and failed to work), and how Prohibition gave way to strict governmental regulation of alcohol. This book answers these questions, presenting a brief and elegant overview of the Prohibition era and its legacy. During the 1920s alcohol prices rose, quality declined, and consumption dropped. The black market thrived, filling the pockets of mobsters and bootleggers. Since beer was too bulky to hide and largely disappeared, drinkers sipped cocktails made with moonshine or poor-grade imported liquor. The all-male saloon gave way to the speakeasy, where together men and women drank, smoked, and danced to jazz. After the onset of the Great Depression, support for Prohibition collapsed because of the rise in gangster violence and the need for revenue at local, state, and federal levels. As public opinion turned, Franklin Delano Roosevelt promised to repeal Prohibition in 1932. The legalization of beer came in April 1933, followed by the Twenty-first Amendment's repeal of the Eighteenth that December. State alcohol control boards soon adopted strong regulations, and their legacies continue to influence American drinking habits. Soon after, Bill Wilson and Dr. Bob Smith founded Alcoholics Anonymous (AA). The alcohol problem had shifted from being a moral issue during the nineteenth century to a social, cultural, and political one during the campaign for Prohibition, and finally, to a therapeutic one involving individuals. As drinking returned to pre-Prohibition levels, a Neo-Prohibition emerged, led by groups such as Mothers against Drunk Driving, and ultimately resulted in a higher legal drinking age and other legislative measures. With his unparalleled expertise regarding American drinking patterns, W. J. Rorabaugh provides an accessible synthesis of one of the most important topics in US history, a topic that remains relevant today amidst rising concerns over binge-drinking and alcohol culture on college campuses.

Book Liberty

Download or read book Liberty written by and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Improvement Era

Download or read book The Improvement Era written by and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 614 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Improvement Era

Download or read book Improvement Era written by and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 582 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Outlook

Download or read book The Outlook written by and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 1130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: