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Join us at Central Library on Thursday, June 9, 7 p.m., for an entertaining author talk with Arlington resident Garrett Peck, author of Prohibition in Washington, D.C.: How Dry We Weren't, on how the "noble experiment" unraveled in the nation's capital.
In 1929, it was estimated that every week bootleggers brought 22,000 gallons of whiskey, moonshine and other spirits into Washington, DC's 3,000 speakeasies. H.L. Mencken called Prohibition the "Thirteen Awful Years," though it was sixteen for the District. Nevertheless, the bathtub gin-swilling capital dwellers made the most of it.
Author Garrett Peck crafts a rollicking history brimming with stories of vice and garnished with a walking tour of former speakeasies. Join Peck as he explores an underground city ruled not by organized crime, but by amateur bootleggers, where publicly teetotaling congressmen could get a stiff drink behind House office doors and the African American community was humming with a new sound called jazz.
The book includes 80 historic and modern images - many from the Library of Congress-- 11 vintage cocktail recipes, and 5 neighborhood maps for exploring where the mayhem took place. Copies will be available for sale and signing at this event.
Garrett Peck is a self-described history dork and the author of The Prohibition Hangover: Alcohol in America from Demon Rum to Cult Cabernet. He leads the Temperance Tour of Prohibition-related sites in the nation's capital. "Prohibition in Washington, D.C.: How Dry We Weren't" is his second book.
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Garrett Peck Serves Up "Prohibition in Washington" on June 9
Join us at Central Library on Thursday, June 9, 7 p.m., for an entertaining author talk with Arlington resident Garrett Peck, author of Prohibition in Washington, D.C.: How Dry We Weren't, on how the "noble experiment" unraveled in the nation's capital.In 1929, it was estimated that every week bootleggers brought 22,000 gallons of whiskey, moonshine and other spirits into Washington, DC's 3,000 speakeasies. H.L. Mencken called Prohibition the "Thirteen Awful Years," though it was sixteen for the District. Nevertheless, the bathtub gin-swilling capital dwellers made the most of it.
Author Garrett Peck crafts a rollicking history brimming with stories of vice and garnished with a walking tour of former speakeasies. Join Peck as he explores an underground city ruled not by organized crime, but by amateur bootleggers, where publicly teetotaling congressmen could get a stiff drink behind House office doors and the African American community was humming with a new sound called jazz.
The book includes 80 historic and modern images - many from the Library of Congress-- 11 vintage cocktail recipes, and 5 neighborhood maps for exploring where the mayhem took place. Copies will be available for sale and signing at this event.
Garrett Peck is a self-described history dork and the author of The Prohibition Hangover: Alcohol in America from Demon Rum to Cult Cabernet. He leads the Temperance Tour of Prohibition-related sites in the nation's capital. "Prohibition in Washington, D.C.: How Dry We Weren't" is his second book.
- Author Talk: "images Of America--fort Myer" - March 24
Join us Thursday, March 24 for a discussion with author John Michael Kupik, author of Images of America - Fort Myer, from 7:00 - 8:30 p.m. in Central Auditorium. During the Civil War, Washington DC was the most fortified city in the world with 70 fortifications...
- Screening "to Kill A Mockingbird" July 29
Arlington Public Library continues to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel To Kill a Mockingbird with a showing of its 1962 Oscar-winning film version starring Gregory Peck. The screening will take place Thursday, July 29...
- "sweet Thunder: The Life And Times Of Sugar Ray Robinson" Author Talk At Central - 03/25
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- More And More Of These Lovely Books...........
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