Prohibition in Kansas City, Missouri: Highballs, Spooners & Crooked Dice Mini Posters and heroism

and heroism

the American force played a critical role in blunting and then rolling back the German army’s drive toward Paris

The book features the history of the museum and showcases many images from the museum's galleries

by John Mosier

Prohibition in Kansas City, Missouri: Highballs, Spooners & Crooked Dice Mini Posters and heroismDescription by John Simonson Paperback Like most cities during Prohibition, Kansas City had illegal alcohol, bootleggers, speakeasies, cops on the take, corrupt politicians and moralizing reformers. But by the time the Eighteenth Amendment was repealed, Kansas City had been singled out by one observer as one of the wettest cities, as well as the wickedest. A grocer managed a still in the basement of his store. A raid on the Tingle Oil Company found