History
Last Call
2022·342 pages
Historical account of Prohibition's rise and fall, examining the political battles over legislating morality in 1920s America.
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Historical account of Prohibition's rise and fall, examining the political battles over legislating morality in 1920s America.
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Beginning with Nine Innings in 1985, and proceeding through the 2010 publication of Last Call, Okrent has been (wrote novelist Kevin Baker in Publishers Weekly) "one of our most interesting and eclectic writers of nonfiction over the past 25 years." In addition to the books featured on this site, he was also co-author with Steve Wulf of Baseball Anecdotes (Oxford University Press, 1987), and author of The Way We Were: New England Then, New England Now (Grove Weidenfeld, 1989), currentl
What's Inside
will contain mild spoilers
Sexual content
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No romantic or sexual content depicted
Violence & gore
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Brief mentions of bootlegging violence and crime
Profanity
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No profanity present
Substance use
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Central focus on alcohol production, sale, and consumption
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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No LGBTQ+ representation
Religious content
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Discussion of sacramental wine loopholes for clergy
Magic & witchcraft
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No magic or witchcraft elements
Occult / demonology
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No occult content
Political content
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Examines cultural and political conflicts over morality laws
Self-harm / suicide
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No self-harm or suicide content
Abuse & suffering
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Mentions of societal impacts from enforcement
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