The Roaring 20s is one of our most romanticized eras. We tend to look back on Prohibition as a golden time of freewheeling gangsters & gun-wielding G-men, all of whom really knew how to live. Edward Behr's comprehensive history of that time labors under no such misconceptions. Prohibition, as he expertly illustrates, was a period of rampant corruption maintained by vicious violence & widespread dishonesty. The central character in the story is bootlegger George Remus, who once recounted to the Senate how he was able to sell massive amounts of whiskey as medicine upon purchasing a license from US Attorney General Harry Daugherty. Readers of Prohibition will never look back on the '20s with quite the same naive pleasure. The good creature of God -- Fervor and fanaticism -- The women's war -- The lineup -- Prohibition's first victims -- America goes dry -- The providers -- Harding and the racketeers -- Remus unravels -- The adventurers -- "Prohibition works!" -- "Prohibition doesn't work!" -- Chicago -- Remus on trial -- Remus redux -- A fatal triumph -- The aftermath.
Edward Behr Volgorde van de boeken (chronologisch)
Edward Samuel Behr was een journalist die zich voornamelijk richtte op buitenlandse en oorlogsverslaggeving. Hij begon zijn carrière in de vroege jaren '50 bij persbureau Reuters, voordat hij overstapte naar Time-Life, waar hij bureauchef was in diverse wereldsteden voor Time Magazine. Later ging hij in 1965 aan de slag bij Newsweek als hoofdredacteur voor Azië, gestationeerd in Hong Kong. Gedurende zijn carrière produceerde Behr ook documentaires voor de BBC en schreef hij diverse boeken.
Une Amérique qui fait peur
- 324bladzijden
- 12 uur lezen
=An America that scares
The Story of Miss Saigon
- 192bladzijden
- 7 uur lezen
The new musical by Alain Boubil and Claude-Michel Schonberg, coauthors of Les Miserables, promises to be one of the biggest theatrical events of the 1990's. Already dubbed "the world's hottest show" (Time), Miss Saigon is scheduled to open on Broadway in the spring of 1991. Illustrated in full color.
Hirohito
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- 1 uur lezen
Describes the emperor's life from a shy young prince to his death, exploring the extent of his involvement in World War II and later his skillful diplomacy to escape trial as a war criminal
Behr, Edward
De laatste keizer
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- 10 uur lezen
Biografie van de laatste keizer van China P'oe-I (1906-1967).
vertaling door Rusche / / Literature translated into Dutch / Nederlands / Dutch / Néerlandais / Niederländisch / paperback / 14 x 21 cm / 310 .pp /
