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Baltimore Prohibition: Wet and Dry in the Free State
Contributor(s): Walsh, Michael T. (Author)
ISBN: 1625858426     ISBN-13: 9781625858429
Publisher: History Press
OUR PRICE:   $19.79  
Product Type: Paperback
Published: December 2017
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BISAC Categories:
- History | United States - State & Local - Middle Atlantic (dc, De, Md, Nj, Ny, Pa)
- True Crime | Organized Crime
- Biography & Autobiography | Criminals & Outlaws
Physical Information: 0.4" H x 6" W x 8.9" (0.90 lbs) 192 pages
Themes:
- Locality - Baltimore, Maryland
- Geographic Orientation - Maryland
- Chronological Period - 1920's
- Chronological Period - 1930's
 
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Publisher Description:

Explore the fasciniating history of Prohibition in one of the places where it was most defied-- Baltimore, Maryland.


There was perhaps no region more opposed to Prohibition than Baltimore and Maryland. The Free State was defiant in its protest from thoroughly wet Governor Albert Ritchie to esteemed Catholic Cardinal James Gibbons. Maryland was the only state to not pass a "baby" Volstead enforcement act. Speakeasies emerged at Frostburg's Gunter Hotel and at Baltimore's famed Belvedere Hotel, whose famous owls' blinking eyes would notify its patrons if it was safe to indulge in bootleg liquor. Rumrunners were frequent on the Chesapeake Bay as bootleggers populated the city streets. Journalist H.L. Mencken, known as the "Sage of Baltimore," drew national attention criticizing the new law. Author Michael T. Walsh presents this colorful history.

Contributor Bio(s): Walsh, Michael T.: - Michael Walsh, a native of Baltimore, Maryland, is a historian who specializes in both twentieth-century U.S. history as well as local history. Michael majored in history and received his undergraduate degree from Loyola University, Maryland. He obtained a master's degree in historical studies at University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) and subsequently earned his PhD at UMBC in public policy with a concentration in policy history. Michael currently teaches U.S. history as an adjunct professor at the Community College of Baltimore County and is also a grants and contracts manager at UMBC. Michael currently resides with his wife Jennifer, daughter Elizabeth and pet Australian Shepherd Mugsy in the Parkville community in Baltimore County.