A History Lesson On The Prohibition

4 out of 5 stars

I don’t know if I’ve ever read a book that was better researched than Al Capone’s Beer Wars. Seriously, I think that Binder might be one of the best at pulling facts from the fiction and separating out what you want to know and what you should know.

Beer Wars doesn’t get as much into the “beer” side of things as I expected (what can I say, I’m a beer dork – I wanna know about the kinds of beer and why they chose that).  But it did get into the bootlegging and transporting deeply.

This is one of those books that I’m glad that I read. I feel like I know a lot more about history during this period than I did before.  A sign of a good non-fiction book for sure.

I’ve seen a few documentaries and features on bootlegging during the Prohibition but this one seems to knock them out of the water.  A good book if you want an in-depth look at Capone like you’ve never seen him before.

Book Description:

Al Capone's Beer Wars: A Complete History of Organized Crime in Chicago during Prohibition by John J. Binder
Narrator: David Colacci
Length: 11 hrs and 8 mins
Published by Tantor Audio on November 21st 2017
Genres: Beer, History, Non-Fiction
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