"Examines Prohibition and the Eighteenth Amendment and their impact on American life and society. Features include narrative overview, biographical profiles, primary source documents, detailed chronology, and annotated sources for further study."--Provided by publisher.

Events leading up to Prohibition -- Outlawing alcohol -- The supply -- The thirst -- The enforcers -- The mob -- Opposition and reform -- Amending the amendment -- Legacy of Prohibition -- Bishop James Cannon, Jr. -- Al Capone -- Warren G. Harding -- Charles "Lucky" Luciano -- William "Bill" McCoy -- Carrie Nation -- George Remus -- Alfred E. Smith -- Rev. Billy Sunday -- Wayne B. Wheeler -- Mabel Walker Willebrandt -- Rev. Purley A. Baker of the Anti-Saloon League calls for national prohibition -- The Eighteenth Amendment -- Charles Burns recalls running a speakeasy -- Bill McCoy remembers Rum Row -- Izzy Einstein on his adventures as a Prohibition agent -- Walter Lippman discusses nullifying the Eighteenth Amendment -- Chicago daily tribune reports on the Valentine's Day Massacre -- The Twenty-first Amendment.