Research Catalog

Title

Booze : when whiskey ruled the West / James H. Gray.

Author

Gray, James H., 1906-

Publication

Saskatoon : Fifth House, c1995.

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Details

Description

xiv, 271 p., [8] p. of plates : ill.; 22 cm.

Series Statement

Western Canadian classics

Uniform Title

Western Canadian classics.

Alternative Title

Booze : when whisky ruled the West

Subject

• Prohibition > Prairie Provinces
• Alcoholic beverage industry > Prairie Provinces
• Liquor laws > Prairie Provinces
• Prohibition > Provinces des Prairies
• Boissons alcoolisées > Industrie > Provinces des Prairies
• Alcool > Droit > Provinces des Prairies

Note

• Originally published: Booze : the impact of whiskey on the Prairie West. Toronto : Macmillan of Canada, 1972.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

1. Belly Up to the Bar, Boys! -- 2. The Law and the Prophets -- 3. The Lesser Breeds, and Wife-Beaters -- 4. What Good Were Laws without Loopholes? -- 5. The Slogan That Won the West -- 6. Prohibition-Where it Worked, Where It Didn't -- 7. Yorkton, Where Harry Planted the Money Tree -- 8. Here It Is-You Come and Get It -- 9. Sue the Bastards! -- 10. In the Customs Department, Who Told the Truth? -- 11. The First Crack in the Dike -- 12. How It All Ended-With Governments As Booze-Pushers.

ISBN

1895618606 :

LCCN

cn^94920277^

OCLC

• 31648328
• SCSB-12157002

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library