10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SPEAKEASIES»
Discover the use of
speakeasies in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
speakeasies and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The
Speakeasies of 1932
One intoxicating artifact remains, a book of lustrous vintage Al Hirschfeld's The Speakeasies of 1932 , wherein Hirschfeld nails these dipsomaniacal outposts with his pen and brush in the manner of a dour Irish bartender sizing up a ...
Almost overnight, illicit bars called speakeasies sprang up in cities and towns
across America, and moonshiners (producers of homemade distilled spirits),
rumrunners (alcohol smugglers), and bootleggers (alcohol distributors) quickly
found a ...
Kathleen Morgan Drowne, Patrick Huber, 2004
Manhattan's better speakeasies were concentrated between 40th and 60th
streets. Brownstone fronts in the East 50s housed many speakeasies, 73 but
many were classic dives in basements. The French novelist Paul Morand thought
the ...
4
Nightclub City: Politics and Amusement in Manhattan
The New Yorker writers Niven Busch and Wolcott Gibbs found speakeasies in
abandoned structures, below tailor's shops, above nightclubs, in apartments and
brownstones, above and below banks, and in the back rooms of restaurants, ...
5
Spirits of Defiance: National Prohibition and Jazz Age ...
Speakeasies were so common in urban neighborhoods that there are accounts
of residents posting signs on their front doors that read, “This is a private
residence. Please do not ring” in the same way that city dwellers today try to keep
thieves ...
Kathleen Morgan Drowne, 2005
6
Stepping Out in Cincinnati: Queen City Entertainment 1900-1960
With all the bars gone, clandestine speakeasies set up shop, serving whiskey
shots and home-brewed beer to those who knew the password. By Prohibition's
end, over 3,000 such speakeasies were known to exist in Cincinnati. Living next
...
WOmEN AND SPEAKEASIES Respectable females had shunned the boisterous,
predominantly working-class saloons of pre-Prohibition days. Yet middle- and
upper-class women, particularly in bigger cities such as New York, flocked to the
...
Louise Chipley Slavicek, 2009
8
Addiction: A Reference Encyclopedia
Generally expensive and often glamorous, speakeasies became a lasting symbol
of drinkers' opposition to national prohibition. The speakeasy's emergence in
1920 signaled the end of saloons, which did not reappear once prohibition was ...
Howard Padwa, Jacob Cunningham, 2010
9
Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance
312 SPEAKEASIES NEGRO anthology editor ALAIN LOCKE and star of stage
and theater ETHEL WATERS both attended the dedication. With the cutback in
funding for WPA-sponsored activities during World War II, the center nearly
closed.
Aberjhani., Sandra L. West, 2003
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Rumrunning and the Roaring Twenties: Prohibition on the ...
THE. SPEAKEASIES. "Joe sent me" was the popular phrase used during
Prohibition to gain entrance into a speakeasy, blind pig, or joint. Every major city
in Michigan and most small towns and rural communities had establishments in
which ...
Philip Parker Mason, 1995
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SPEAKEASIES»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
speakeasies is used in the context of the following news items.
I've Seen The Future. It's Comedy Speakeasies.
Late night television host David Letterman is in trouble for a joke he told on Monday night warming up his audience. He took questions from the audience. «The Federalist, Apr 15»
Eight Modern Speakeasies With Real Roots in the 1920s
The thirst for neo-speakeasies—that is, vintage bars with atmospheres and cocktail menus to reflect the clandestine 1920s glamour of the Prohibition Era—has ... «Smithsonian, Mar 15»
Deford: NCAA Fans Continue To Drink Deeply Of The (Sports) Spirits
And unlike Prohibition, the neat thing is, you don't even have to bribe anybody, because the people running the speakeasies called athletic departments are the ... «NPR, Mar 15»
What's the Password? The New Drinking Trend in Orlando …
Whatever the reason, Orlando — home of Walt Disney World and other theme parks — is home to a growing number of speakeasies. These hidden, secret bars ... «Yahoo Travel, Mar 15»
Speakeasies in New York
Although several original speakeasies still exist, modern ones are cropping up all the time. Beauty and Essex and Sons of Essex are on the Lower East Side. «myfoxny.com, Feb 15»
Prohibition Era - Al Capone, speakeasies, flappers - comes to Grand …
GRAND RAPIDS, MI - It was the era of Al Capone, speakeasies and bathtub gin. The Roaring 20s were the era of hot jazz, but also the era of Prohibition. «MLive.com, Feb 15»
Best speakeasies in Toronto
1 At the Parkdale gin mill Geraldine, pictured above, the retro cocktails are a safe choice, but the absinthe fountain is more fun: the emerald elixir is available ... «Toronto Life, Dec 14»
10 Great Speakeasies in Los Angeles
Los Angeles is a city of exclusivity. After all, it's where all the movie studs and starlets have chosen to reside and hide. Clandestine clubs and secret passwords ... «thebolditalic, Dec 14»
Prohibition's Last Call: Inside the Speakeasies of New York in 1933
The Prohibition era in America, which lasted for well over a decade and—inconceivable as it might be today—effectively banned the sale and production of ... «TIME, Dec 14»
World's top 10 speakeasies
In celebration of Repeal Day this Friday, when the US government lifted its Prohibition act, we round up some of the world's best speakeasy bars for clandestine ... «The Spirits Business, Dec 14»
