The Rise and Fall of Prohibition: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Rise and Fall of Prohibition, credited to Charles Hanson Towne, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of The Rise and Fall of Prohibition by Charles Hanson Towne. Read in English by Shashank Jakhmola; ScientificMethodist; TriciaG; Melanie D. Young; KevinS; PhyllisV; tommack; Linda Johnson; deni; Richard Auty 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

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition
• Author credits: Charles Hanson Towne
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 23
• Listed recording duration: 6:40:02

Catalogue topics

• prohibition
• American history
• liquor
• eighteenth amendment
• volstead act
• mullan-gage law
• van ness act
• hobert act

Track guide

1. 01 - The Phenomenon of Prohibition — 13:44
2. 02 - Our Great Unhappiness — 11:49
3. 03 - Our Endless Chain of Laws — 12:24
4. 04 - ''Too Much “Verboten'' — 14:14
5. 05 - ''Too Much “Verboten'' Part 2 — 14:04
6. 06 - Making the World Safe for De-mockery-cy — 26:21
7. 07 - The Infamous Volstead Act Part 1 — 19:27
8. 08 - The Infamous Volstead Act Part 2 — 18:07
9. 09 - A Triumvirate Against Prohibition — 6:59
10. 10 - ''The Fear for Thee, My Country'' Part 1 — 23:34
11. 11 - ''The Fear for Thee, My Country'' Part 2 — 23:48
12. 12 - Drying Up the Ocean — 16:47
13. 13 - The Mullan-Gage Law, the Van Ness Act and the Hobert Act — 17:22
14. 14 - Bootlegging and Graft — 15:52
15. 15 - ''Don’t Joke About Prohibition'' — 21:23
16. 16 - How Canada Has Solved the Liquor Problem — 8:11
17. 17 - Crime and Drunkenness — 31:26
18. 18 - The Literary Digest’s Canvass — 31:56
19. 19 - Literature and Prohibition — 11:36
20. 20 - America Today — 18:20
21. 21 - Other Reforms — 12:04
22. 22 - Is Europe Going Dry? — 9:33
23. 23 - What Are We Going to Do About It? — 21:01

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