It takes the average reader 2 hours and 33 minutes to read Prohibition: a Very Short Introduction by W. J. Rorabaugh
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Americans have always been a hard-drinking people, but from 1920 to 1933 the country went dry. After decades of pressure from rural Protestants such as the hatchet-wielding Carry A. Nation and organizations such as the Women's Christian Temperance Union and Anti-Saloon League, the states ratified the Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution. Bolstered by the Volstead Act, this amendment made Prohibition law: alcohol could no longer be produced, imported, transported, or sold. This bizarre episode is often humorously recalled, frequently satirized, and usually condemned. The more interesting...
Prohibition: a Very Short Introduction by W. J. Rorabaugh is 152 pages long, and a total of 38,304 words.
This makes it 51% the length of the average book. It also has 47% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 29 minutes to read Prohibition: a Very Short Introduction aloud.
Prohibition: a Very Short Introduction is suitable for students ages 10 and up.
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