Prohibition in Washington, D.C.

Even in the city where the Eighteenth Amendment was passed, the party went on--a history of bootleggers and speakeasies in the nation's capital.

Despite the passage of the Volstead Act, it was estimated that in 1929, bootleggers brought twenty-two thousand gallons of whiskey, moonshine, and other spirits into Washington, DC's speakeasies--every week.

The bathtub gin-swilling capital dwellers made the most of Prohibition. This rollicking history brims with stories of vice--topped off with vintage cocktail recipes and garnished with a walking tour of former speakeasies. Discover an underground city ruled not by organized crime but by amateur bootleggers, where publicly teetotaling congressmen could get a stiff drink behind House office doors and the African American community of U Street was humming with a new sound called jazz.

Includes photos!