This volume provides high school students with a detailed account of the origins of the Prohibition movement, the political machinations that produced the Eighteenth Amendment, the mob wars over the alcohol trade, and the reasons for the repeal of Prohibition. The second section is dedicated to biographies of key figures of the era, such as Al Capone, Carry Nation and Warren G. Harding. The primary sources section contains relevant documents, including reminiscences of smugglers and speakeasy owners and the full text of the Eighteenth and Twenty-first Amendments. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)