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Jessica Chastain "Lawless"

I am experimenting with setting up a Blog here and experimenting with posting an entry to it. The subject of my Blog activity is the 1920's Prohibition era. Anyone interested in this era might enjoy...

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"Cottonclub" gangster movie starring Richard Gere

Typical prohibition era. This was on premium cable STARZ (February 2). It is probably available at the local public library. An easy movie to watch.

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"The Front Page"

"The Front Page" is an old movie starring Jack Lemon, Jack Klugman, and Carol Burnett. It's a humorous romp set in 1920's Chicago. This movie is the first I have seen that takes the horrid vices of the...

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"Anything Goes"

"Anything Goes" A Biography of the Roaring Twenties 2010 Lucy Moore The Overlook Press 332 pages plus extensive bibliography and index A public library find for me. This was one of the Sunday Times...

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"Mother Angelica"

"Mother Angelica" (Non Fiction) The Remarkable Story of a Nun, Her Nerve, and a Network of Miracles 2005 Raymond Arroya The true story of Rita Rizzo, raised in an Italian immigrant family on the wrong...

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"Mother Angelica"

"Mother Angelica" (Non Fiction) The Remarkable Story of a Nun, Her Nerve, and a Network of Miracles 2005 Raymond Arroya The true story of Rita Rizzo, raised in an Italian immigrant family on the wrong...

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1920's Strawboater Hat

The strawboater hat was one of the most popular hat styles during prohibition. Al Capone had several and was photographed wearing his various strawboaters. Authentic period movies and tv shows feature...

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Prohibition Era 1920's

This period facinates me. I am reading, researching, and writing about it. The HBO show "Boardwalk Empire" is historically correct as far as I can tell. It mixes real people and true events from the...

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Writing pieces and parts until it becomes a whole

I have to just keep writing, everyday, whatever comes into my mind. They may be incoherent snippets if read alone, but each is necessary to the completion of my novel. I think of this daily effort as...

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Sensationalized Stories of Dubious Veracity

William Randolph Hearst Source William Randolph Hearst (; April 29, 1863 – August 14, 1951) was an American newspaper publisher who built the nation’s largest newspaper chain and whose methods...

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