Separate interpretation from fact. WCTU formation is 1874, not the text's1873. The movement was not simply feminist or solely anti-saloon. The claim that all legitimate production, equipment and skills disappeared is false as a universal: Buffalo Trace's institutional history records new medicinal whiskey production in1930–1933. This does not establish every brand's continuity. Distinguish ratification, commencement, repeal and state laws.
A Short History of Drunkenness (2017), Prohibition
Forsyth challenges the idea that Prohibition lacked support or increased national consumption, emphasizing the saloon, women's activism, changing public drinking and repeal economics.
chap. 18, “Prohibition”
chap. 18, “Prohibition”
Paraphrase checked against supplied PDF. Verified means faithful source attribution, not independent corroboration. Separate interpretation from fact. WCTU formation is 1874, not the text's1873. The movement was not simply feminist or solely anti-saloon. The claim that all legitimate production, equipment and skills disappeared is false as a universal: Buffalo Trace's institutional history records new medicinal whiskey production in1930–1933. This does not establish every brand's continuity. Distinguish ratification, commencement, repeal and state laws. Crosswalk 2026-09-16: reader locator uses verified chapter/section. Original PDF 156–PDF 164 retained here for internal retrieval; legacy Page field is a PDF position, not printed pagination. No change to claim assessment. Sept28 counterexample: https://www.buffalotracedistillery.com/buffalo-trace-history/
Evidence
Forsyth challenges the idea that Prohibition lacked support or increased national consumption, emphasizing the saloon, women's activism, changing public drinking and repeal economics.
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Forsyth, A Short History of Drunkenness (2017), chap. 18, “Prohibition”. Original paraphrase, not quotation. The private PDF retrieval range is retained in Verification Notes.
Annotation
Separate interpretation from fact. WCTU formation is 1874, not the text's1873. The movement was not simply feminist or solely anti-saloon. The claim that all legitimate production, equipment and skills disappeared is false as a universal: Buffalo Trace's institutional history records new medicinal whiskey production in1930–1933. This does not establish every brand's continuity. Distinguish ratification, commencement, repeal and state laws.
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Faithful attribution checked; historical truth not thereby established.