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 Reihenfolge der Bücher (Chronologisch)
Edward Samuel Behr war ein Journalist, der sich hauptsächlich auf Auslandskorrespondenz und Kriegsberichterstattung konzentrierte. Seine Karriere begann er in den frühen 1950er Jahren bei der Nachrichtenagentur Reuters, bevor er zu Time-Life wechselte, wo er als Büroleiter für mehrere globale Städte für das Time Magazine tätig war. Später trat er 1965 Newsweek als Leiter des Asienbüros in Hongkong bei. Im Laufe seiner Karriere produzierte Behr auch Dokumentationen für die BBC und verfasste mehrere Bücher.
Une Amérique qui fait peur
- 324 Seiten
- 12 Lesestunden
=An America that scares
The Story of Miss Saigon
- 192 Seiten
- 7 Lesestunden
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
- 12 Seiten
- 1 Lesestunde
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
Der letzte Kaiser
- 361 Seiten
- 13 Lesestunden
Biographie des letzten chinesischen Kaisers Pu Yi (1906-67); mit Farbfotos aus dem Film Bertoluccis.
vertaling door Rusche / / Literature translated into Dutch / Nederlands / Dutch / Néerlandais / Niederländisch / paperback / 14 x 21 cm / 310 .pp /
