{"product_id":"crusaders-gangsters-and-whiskey-prohibition-in-memphis-paperback","title":"Crusaders, Gangsters, and Whiskey: Prohibition in Memphis - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePatrick O'Daniel\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProhibition, with all its crime, corruption, and cultural upheaval, ran its course after thirteen years in most of the rest of the country--but not in Memphis, where it lasted thirty years. Patrick O'Daniel takes a fresh look at those responsible for the rise and fall of Prohibition, its effect on Memphis, and the impact events in the city made on the rest of the state and country. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eProhibition remains perhaps the most important issue to affect Memphis after the Civil War. It affected politics, religion, crime, the economy, and health, along with race and class. In Memphis, bootlegging bore a particular character shaped by its urban environment and the rural background of the city's inhabitants. Religious fundamentalists and the Ku Klux Klan supported Prohibition, while the rebellious youth of the Jazz Age fought against it. Poor and working-class people took the brunt of Prohibition, while the wealthy skirted the law. Like the War on Drugs today, African Americans, immigrants, and poor whites made easy targets for law enforcement due to their lack of resources and effective legal counsel. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBased on news reports and documents, O'Daniel's lively account distills long-forgotten gangsters, criminal organizations, and crusaders whose actions shaped the character of Memphis well into the twentieth century.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePatrick O'Daniel \u003c\/b\u003eis\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eexecutive director of library services for Southwest Tennessee Community College. He is author of \u003ci\u003eWhen the Levee Breaks: Memphis and the Mississippi Valley Flood of 1927\u003c\/i\u003e;\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eMemphis and the Superflood of 1937: High Water Blues\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eHistoric Photos of Memphis. \u003c\/i\u003eHe has\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003epublished articles in \u003ci\u003eWest Tennessee Historical Society Papers.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 312\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 22, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47412634779826,"sku":"9781496834539","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/c1395f340e372ad4b3b9075bc9aab914.webp?v=1778325455","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/crusaders-gangsters-and-whiskey-prohibition-in-memphis-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}