Name: The Great Chicago Beer Riot: How Lager Struck a Blow for Liberty
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Author: Hogan, John F. ; Brady, Judy E.
ISBN: 9781467118903

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The Great Chicago Beer Riot: How Lager Struck a Blow for Liberty

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Physical Book

Author

John F. Hogan

Judy E. Brady

Publisher

History Press

Language

English

Pages

112

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

22.6 x 15.0 x 0.8 cm

Weight

0.25 kg.

ISBN13

9781467118903

Synopsis "The Great Chicago Beer Riot: How Lager Struck a Blow for Liberty"

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 Bridge and advanced on city hall. The Chicago Lager Riot resulted in at least one death, nineteen injuries and sixty arrests. It also led to the creation of a modern police department and the political alliances that helped put Abraham Lincoln in the White House. Authors Judy E. Brady and John F. Hogan explore the riot and its aftermath, from pint glass to bully pulpit.

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