Albee’s Reviews > Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition > Status Update

Chapter 17 is one of my favorites so far, and does an impressive job of moving forward through the mid 20s and tying three seemingly dissimilar arenas together. For all the buildup, the Dry Law Debate deserved more attention and detail, imo, but that’s probably just personal preference.

Not a bad book at all, but at times a bit unnecessarily derogatory towards the women temperance advocates—and rarely for any of their actual faults. Clearly a book written by a man