The Crime That Made Texas Go Dry

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The Hang Theory. A lecture series by Hang Dallas.One speaker. One big idea. One good room.Where · Times Ten Cellars.Texas went dry before the rest of the country did. Rita Cook walks through the political and moral campaign that pushed statewide prohibition into law, the scandal that turned public opinion, and the ways Dallas and Fort Worth kept drinking anyway. Blind tigers, bootleggers, and bathtub gin kept the taps flowing even after the law said stop. Rita Cook is a freelance writer and hist