NYC’s prohibition past detailed in new book © TNS “Prohibition New York City: Speakeasy Queen Texas Guinan, Blind Pigs, Drag Balls& More” by David Rosen.
“Prohibition New York City: Speakeasy Queen Texas Guinan, Blind Pigs, Drag Balls & More” by David Rosen; (192 pages, $21.99)
Last call.
On Jan. 17, 1920, Prohibition became a sobering reality. Bars were padlocked, liquor stores shuttered, and thirsty Americans sent home. Beer banned, vodka, verboten; the teetotalers had finally won.
The party was over, they proudly proclaimed.
They didn’t realize it was just beginning.
After a World War, a pandemic, and political upheaval at home and abroad, not everyone was ready to go on the wagon. Plenty of people still wanted a stiff drink and a bit of fun. And those weren’t hard to find, for a price.
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