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The Rise and Fall of Prohibition

by Charles Hanson TOWNE (1877 - 1949)

''Too Much “Verboten''

Subtitle: "The Human Side of What the Eighteenth Amendment and the Volstead Act Have Done to the United States" From Chapter 1: "The strange phenomenon of Prohibition, after an appearance amongst us of over three years, is still non-understandable to the majority of a great, and so-called free, people. It is one of the most astonishing manifestations the world has ever witnessed. It came upon us like a phantom, swiftly; like a thief in the night, taking us by surprise. Yet the Prohibitionists will tell you that no one should be amazed, since for years—for almost a century—quiet forces have been at work to bring about this very thing." - Summary by Charles Hanson Towne

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Listen next episodes of The Rise and Fall of Prohibition:
A Triumvirate Against Prohibition , America Today , Bootlegging and Graft , Crime and Drunkenness , ''Don’t Joke About Prohibition'' , Drying Up the Ocean , How Canada Has Solved the Liquor Problem , Is Europe Going Dry? , Literature and Prohibition , Making the World Safe for De-mockery-cy , Other Reforms , ''The Fear for Thee, My Country'' Part 1 , ''The Fear for Thee, My Country'' Part 2 , The Infamous Volstead Act Part 1 , The Infamous Volstead Act Part 2 , The Literary Digest’s Canvass , The Mullan-Gage Law, the Van Ness Act and the Hobert Act , ''Too Much “Verboten'' Part 2 , What Are We Going to Do About It?