Prohibition began at the dawn of 1920 and ended thirteen years later with the widespread belief that it had been a dismal failure, and was better left unmentioned: a bit of embarrassing American history, as it were. During the roaring 20's American society embraced cars, easy money, illicit booze, and fun. Cinema and radio emerged and promoted the social changes, and the gangster who seized the opportunity to get rich quickly carved out a lucrative niche in the American Dream with moonshine, moxie and guns. This story about innocents, outlaws and lawmen explains some of the complexities that...
Prohibition began at the dawn of 1920 and ended thirteen years later with the widespread belief that it had been a dismal failure, and was better left...
The setting is a run-of-the-mill carnival in rural America during the roaring 20's. Amid the fun and gaiety, the gaming joints and concession stands, the clanging machinery of the rides, and the outside talker luring rubes into the freak show tent, a calamity has happened to the pretty snake charmer. Birds, snakes, a dog and a bottle of moonshine compliment the human carnies that grapple with a crime of passion, and it is the reluctant wild man geek who helps save the carnival itself.
The setting is a run-of-the-mill carnival in rural America during the roaring 20's. Amid the fun and gaiety, the gaming joints and concession stands, ...
