Contents -- Introduction -- 1. The Dry Crusade -- 2. A New Era? -- 3. A Hopeless and Thankless Task -- 4. The Brewers of Bigotry -- 5. The Itch to Try New Things -- 6. Vote as You Drink -- 7. I Represent the Women of America! -- 8. Hootch Joints in Harlem -- 9. Al Smith, the Wet Hope of the Nation -- 10. The End of the Party -- 11. A Surging Wet Tide -- 12. The Wet Convention and the New Deal -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index.