Prohibition

by John M. Dunn

Describes the rise and fall of Prohibition in the United States. Includes a history of alcohol use in the U.S. before the nineteenth century movement. Provides detail on the many social, economic, and political factors leading to its gain in popularity, leading to passage of the 18th Amendment and the changes the lead to its repeal in 1933.

The 18th Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibited the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors. This book details the social, economic, and political factors leading to its passage in 1919, including the history of alcohol use and the nineteenth-century temperance movements. It also examines the impact of Prohibition and its enforcement, and the changes that led to its subsequent repeal by the 21st Amendment in 1933.

112 pages, Library Binding

First published February 1, 2010

About the author

John M. Dunn is an Ocala, Florida-based freelance, writer, journalist and author. He has published over 350 articles for more than twenty periodicals, such as Europe, Overseas Life, Sierra, Off Duty, New Shelter, the Rotarian, LadyCom, the Executive Review, Florida Trend, Business Florida, the Ocala Star Banner, UF Today, and the St. Petersburg Times. In addition, he has written numerous scripts for audiovisual productions and a children’s play which was professionally performed on stages in North Florida. His non-fiction young adult books were published by Lucent Press (Thomson/Gale.) Dunn also edited Union Soldiers, Confederate Soldiers, Southerners, and Northerners, which are part of the Voices of the Civil War series for juvenile readers, published by Blackbirch Press.

The New York Public Library recognized the first edition of Dunn’s book on the removal of North America Indians in its Books for the Teenage List; the second edition received a stared review from the School Library Journal in May 2006. The Pennsylvania State Library Association included Dunn’s book on computers in its “Young Adult Top Forty Nonfiction 2002 Titles.” In addition, The Barahoma Center of California State University San Marcos features his book on Castro in its list of “Recommended Books in English about Latinos.” . In February, 2020, Dunn’s book, Drying Up. The Fresh Water Crisis in Florida was selected as winner of the Florida Historical Society's Stetson Kennedy Award for writing about Florida's natural environment. The book also, has won the Bronze Medal in the 2019 Florida Book Awards, Florida Nonfiction category He has also been profiled in Something About the Author.

He is a father and grandfather and lives with his wife in Ocala, Florida.