"Prohibition in Washington" by Garrett Peck CKM each essay provides the historical

each essay provides the historical context for places that represent fundamental American themes: the compelling story of democracy and self-government

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"Prohibition in Washington" by Garrett Peck CKM each essay provides the historicalIn 1929, it was estimated that every week bootleggers brought twenty two thousand gallons of whiskey, moonshine and other spirits into Washington, D. C.'s three thousand speakeasies. H. L. Mencken called it the thirteen awful years, " though it was sixteen for the District. Nevertheless, the bathtub gin, swilling capital dwellers made the most of Prohibition. Author Garrett Peck crafts a rollicking history brimming with stories of vice, topped off