Jeremy Agnew, a biomedical electronics consultant, holds a Ph.D. in engineering and has been involved in the design and manufacture of medical devices for more than 30 years. He lives in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and has written several books on the Old West.

• Table of ContentsTimeline of Prohibition EventsPreface1. The Saloon Must2. The Pathway to Prohibition3. The Real Thing? Or ­­Do-It-Yourself?4. Beware of What You Drink5. From Saloons to Speakeasies6. The Pacific Ocean7. The West Coast States  8. The Mountain States  9. The Southwest Unintended ConsequencesPostscriptGlossary: Some Slang Terms from Prohibition and the Roaring TwentiesAppendix 1: The Eighteenth and ­­Twenty-First Amendments to the Constitution of the United StatesAppendix 2The Sources of Various Alcoholic BeveragesAppendix 3: The Percentage of Alcohol in Various Patent MedicinesAppendix 4: Data from Denver, Colorado, Showing the Frequency of Alcohol Violations in the 1920sChapter NotesBibliography

“Great research; better than great writing.”—AR Gunners Magazine

Jeremy Agnew, a biomedical electronics consultant, holds a Ph.D. in engineering and has been involved in the design and manufacture of medical devices for more than 30 years. He lives in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and has written several books on the Old West.

• Table of ContentsTimeline of Prohibition EventsPreface1. The Saloon Must2. The Pathway to Prohibition3. The Real Thing? Or ­­Do-It-Yourself?4. Beware of What You Drink5. From Saloons to Speakeasies6. The Pacific Ocean7. The West Coast States  8. The Mountain States  9. The Southwest Unintended ConsequencesPostscriptGlossary: Some Slang Terms from Prohibition and the Roaring TwentiesAppendix 1: The Eighteenth and ­­Twenty-First Amendments to the Constitution of the United StatesAppendix 2The Sources of Various Alcoholic BeveragesAppendix 3: The Percentage of Alcohol in Various Patent MedicinesAppendix 4: Data from Denver, Colorado, Showing the Frequency of Alcohol Violations in the 1920sChapter NotesBibliography

“Great research; better than great writing.”—AR Gunners Magazine

Jeremy Agnew, a biomedical electronics consultant, holds a Ph.D. in engineering and has been involved in the design and manufacture of medical devices for more than 30 years. He lives in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and has written several books on the Old West.

• Table of ContentsTimeline of Prohibition EventsPreface1. The Saloon Must2. The Pathway to Prohibition3. The Real Thing? Or ­­Do-It-Yourself?4. Beware of What You Drink5. From Saloons to Speakeasies6. The Pacific Ocean7. The West Coast States  8. The Mountain States  9. The Southwest Unintended ConsequencesPostscriptGlossary: Some Slang Terms from Prohibition and the Roaring TwentiesAppendix 1: The Eighteenth and ­­Twenty-First Amendments to the Constitution of the United StatesAppendix 2The Sources of Various Alcoholic BeveragesAppendix 3: The Percentage of Alcohol in Various Patent MedicinesAppendix 4: Data from Denver, Colorado, Showing the Frequency of Alcohol Violations in the 1920sChapter NotesBibliography

“Great research; better than great writing.”—AR Gunners Magazine