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Author:

Sosnowski, Vivienne.

Title:

When the rivers ran red : an amazing story of courage and triumph in America's wine country / Vivienne Sosnowski.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Palgrave Macmillan,

Copyright Date:

2009

Description:

xx, 228 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., map ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Vintners--California, Northern--History--20th century.
Wine--History--California, Northern--History--20th century.
Vintners--California, Northern--Biography.
Prohibition--California, Northern.
Prohibition--United States.
Violence--California, Northern--History--20th century.
California, Northern--History--20th century.
California, Northern--Social conditions--20th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-220) and index.

Contents:

The land was sacred to these families -- No nation is drunken where wine is cheap -- These vines are like members of my family -- It was a clamoring mob -- To hell with Prohibition -- If we hadn't bootlegged, we wouldn't have survived -- Almost as ubiquitous as the radiance of the moon itself -- A million dollars to go away to France -- The reign of the bludgeon and of force -- The worst and most cruel experiences.

ISBN:

0230605745
9780230605749

OCLC:

(OCoLC)226357172

LCCN:

2008042021

Locations:

XWPC787 -- Avoca Public Library (Avoca)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

UXAX826 -- St. Ambrose University Library (Davenport)