prohibitionheretostay

This blog is about my book "Prohibition is here to stay: The Reverend Edward S. Shumaker and the Dry Crusade in America" to be published by the University of Notre Dame Press.

Saturday, February 18, 2012

A Book from NYU Press

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I was recently asked by the editor of my second book (which is on American Religious History for New York University Press), if I would like...

Sunday, January 22, 2012

The Attorney General

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In the December 2011 issue of the Indiana Magazine of History there is an article by Ann Gilliom Verbeek about her grandfather, Arthur Gill...

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Talking Prohibition at the Rathskeller

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Last night I had the honor of taking part in a public discussion about Prohibition. Sponsored by the Indiana Humanities Council and the I...

Monday, October 17, 2011

Recent Op Ed

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A bit more press.... http://www.indystar.com/article/20111014/OPINION07/110140321/Spirit-Prohibition-lives-on

Thursday, October 13, 2011

Burns and Novicks' Prohibition

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I was asked by the Alcohol Drug Historical Society's blog Points to offer commentary on a portion of Ken Burn's "Prohibition...

Saturday, January 8, 2011

The Capstone

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Today I was honored to be able to speak at the 125th Annual American Historical Association Meeting. It was a great way to cap off a year o...

Monday, December 6, 2010

Shumaker Returns to Hamilton County

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In 1920, as Prohibition dawned across the nation, Shumaker opted to ring in the enactment of the 18th Amendment in Hamilton County. As read...

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