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 Book order (chronological)
Edward Samuel Behr was a journalist who focused primarily on foreign and war correspondence. He began his career in the early 1950s with the Reuters news agency before moving to Time-Life, where he served as bureau chief in several global cities for Time Magazine. Later, he joined Newsweek in 1965 as Asia bureau chief, based in Hong Kong. Throughout his career, Behr also produced documentaries for the BBC and authored several books.
Une Amérique qui fait peur
- 324 pages
- 12 hours of reading
=An America that scares
The Story of Miss Saigon
- 192 pages
- 7 hours of reading
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 pages
- 1 hour of reading
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
The Last Emperor
- 288 pages
- 11 hours of reading
Tells the story of Pu Yi, who became Emperor of China at age three, was made puppet emperor of Manchuria by the Japanese, was captured by the Russians, and was reeducated in Red Chinese prison.
vertaling door Rusche / / Literature translated into Dutch / Nederlands / Dutch / Néerlandais / Niederländisch / paperback / 14 x 21 cm / 310 .pp /
