Three classic The History Guy episodes about bootleggers of the American Midwest. A half hour of the History Guy
00:00 Prohibition and The Quad Cities Vice Lord, John Looney
09:31 The Charlie Birger Gang and Little Egypt
22:11 The "King of the Bootleggers" and a loophole in the Volstead Act
This episode will be released on YouTube June 21.
The history of cotton clothing has followed an interesting path, including a period of a few decades in the United States when cotton represented ingenuity, resilience, and patriotism itself.