With its gangsters, carnage, and deco backdrops, Prohibition is an enduring popular culture theme. We've recently seen the publication of Daniel Okrent's Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition, and a new HBO "epic drama," Boardwalk Empire, debuts in September. Ken Burns weighs in with a documentary, Prohibition, that will be broadcast on PBS stations in 2011.
The distance of some 90 years makes it seem like good fun.
