Ebook: Prohibition in Sacramento: Moralizers & Bootleggers in the Wettest City in the Nation

Sacramento’s open opposition to Prohibition and ties to
rumrunning up and down the California coast caused some to label the capital
the wettest city in the nation. The era from World War I until the repeal of
the Eighteenth Amendment brought Sacramento storied institutions like Mather
Field and delightful surprises like a thriving film industry, but it wasn’t all
pretty. The Ku Klux Klan, ethnic immigrant hatred and open hostility toward
Catholics and Jews were dark chapters in the Prohibition era as Sacramento began
to shape its modern identity. Join historian Annette Kassis on an exploration
of this wet—and dry—snapshot of the River City.