Baltimore Prohibition: Wet and Dry in the Free State

There was perhaps no region more opposed to Prohibition than Baltimore and Maryland. The Free State was defiant in its protest from thoroughly wet Governor Albert Ritchie to esteemed Catholic Cardinal James Gibbons. Maryland was the only state to not pass a "baby" Volstead enforcement act. Speakeasies emerged at Frostburg's Gunter Hotel and at Baltimore's famed Belvedere Hotel, whose famous owls' blinking eyes would notify its patrons if it was safe to indulge in bootleg liquor. Rumrunners were frequent on the Chesapeake Bay as bootleggers populated the city streets. Journalist H.L. Mencken, known as the "Sage of Baltimore," drew national attention criticizing the new law. Author Michael T. Walsh presents this colorful history.

Author: Michael T. Walsh
Publisher: History Press Library Editions
Published: 12/11/2017
Pages: 194
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50d
ISBN13: 9781540227638
ISBN10: 1540227634
BISAC Categories:
- History | United States | State & Local | Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD,
- True Crime | Organized Crime
- Biography & Autobiography | Criminals & Outlaws

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