The Great Chicago Beer Riot: How Lager Struck a Blow for Liberty
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In 1855, when Chicago's recently elected mayor Levi Boone pushed through a law forbidding the sale of alcohol on Sunday, the city pushed back. To the German community, the move seemed a deliberate provocation from Boone's stridently anti-immigrant Know-Nothing Party. Beer formed the centerpiece of German Sunday gatherings, and robbing them of it on their only day off was a slap in the face. On April 21, 1855, an armed mob poured across the Clark Street...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1467118907
ISBN13:9781467118903
Release Date:November 2015
Publisher:History Press
Length:112 Pages
Weight:0.60 lbs.
Dimensions:0.3" x 5.9" x 8.9"
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