Last Call
The Rise and Fall of Prohibition
$52.28
- Paperback
480 pages
- Release Date
31 May 2011
Summary
A brilliant, authoritative, and fascinating history of America’s most puzzling era, the years 1920 to 1933, when the US Constitution was amended to restrict one of America’s favorite pastimes: drinking alcoholic beverages.
From its start, America has been awash in drink. The sailing vessel that brought John Winthrop to the shores of the New World in 1630 carried more beer than water. By the 1820s, liquor flowed so plentifully it was cheaper than tea. That Americans would ever…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780743277044 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 074327704X |
| Author: | Daniel Okrent |
| Publisher: | Simon & Schuster |
| Imprint: | Simon & Schuster |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 480 |
| Release Date: | 31 May 2011 |
| Weight: | 467g |
| Dimensions: | 35mm x 140mm x 213mm |
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Critics Review
“This is history served the way one likes it, with scholarly authority and literary grace.Last Callis a fascinating portrait of an era and a very entertaining tale.”–Tracy Kidder
“A triumph. Okrent brilliantly captures the one glaring ‘whoops!’ in our Constitutional history. This entertaining portrait should stimulate fresh thought on the capacity and purpose of free government.”
–Taylor Branch
“Daniel Okrent’s “Last Call” fills a gaping void in American popular history that has been waiting for years to be filled, by providing a clear, sweeping, detailed and immensely readable account of Prohibition. His book is full of lively stories, incredible characters and fascinating research. It is, at once, great fun to read and solid history, a rare combination.” -[trimmed quote still needsapproval]
–Michael Korda, author of “Ulysses S. Grant, ““Ike”, and “With Wings Like Eagles”
“Daniel Okrent’s” Last Call” is filled with delightful details, colorful characters, and fascinating social insights. And what a great tale! Prohibition may not have been a lot of fun, but this book sure is.”
–Walter Isaacson
“Last Call is–I can’t help it–a high, an upper, a delicious cocktail of a book, served with a twist or two and plenty of punch.”
–Evan Thomas, “Newsweek”
“This is a marvelous and lively social history, one that manages to be both scholarly and exciting. Okrent takes us through a period of American history unlike any other. Fair-minded, insightful, and amused, he has a command of the material that makes the journey rewarding at every sober step of the way. I loved this book.”
–Lawrence Wright, author, “The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9⁄11”
“A triumph. Okrent brilliantly captures the one glaring ‘whoops!’ in our Constitutional history. This entertaining portrait should stimulate fresh thought on the capacity and purpose of free government.”
–Taylor Branch
“Daniel Okrent’s “Last Call” fills a gaping void in American popular history that has been waiting for years to be filled, by providing a clear, sweeping, detailed and immensely readable account of Prohibition. His book is full of lively stories, incredible characters and fascinating research. It is, at once, great fun to read and solid history, a rare combination.” –[trimmed quote still needsapproval]
—Michael Korda, author of “Ulysses S. Grant, ” “Ike”, and “With Wings Like Eagles”
“Daniel Okrent’s” Last Call” is filled with delightful details, colorful characters, and fascinating social insights. And what a great tale! Prohibition may not have been a lot of fun, but this book sure is.”
—Walter Isaacson
“Last Call is–I can’t help it–a high, an upper, a delicious cocktail of a book, served with a twist or two and plenty of punch.”
—Evan Thomas, “Newsweek”
“This is a marvelous and lively social history, one that manages to be both scholarly and exciting. Okrent takes us through a period of American history unlike any other. Fair-minded, insightful, and amused, he has a command of the material that makes the journey rewarding at every sober step of the way. I loved this book.”
–Lawrence Wright, author, “The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9⁄11”
“This is history served the way one likes it, with scholarly authority and literary grace. “Last Call” is a fascinating portrait of an era and a very entertaining tale.”
–Tracy Kidder
Daniel Okrent
Daniel Okrent was the first public editor of The New York Times, editor-at-large of Time, Inc., and managing editor of Life magazine. He worked in book publishing as an editor at Knopf and Viking, and was editor-in-chief of general books at Harcourt Brace. He was also a featured commentator on two Ken Burns series, and his books include Last Call, The Guarded Gate, and Great Fortune, which was a finalist for the 2004 Pulitzer Prize in history. He lives in Manhattan and on Cape Cod with his wife, poet Rebecca Okrent.
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