Reading Free Books about the Prohibition Era

After recently watching the Ken Burns PBS documentary Prohibition, I have been motivated to read all I can about the prohibition era.  The whole time period is fascinating to me as I still cannot wrap my head around what life must have been like.

I went to Google Books and found a lot of free books on the subject, but there was so many it got a little overwhelming.  Does anyone have a good idea of where to get started on reading about the prohibition era?  I also know that the Digital Book Index has some free books that you can download to your e-reader.  So I have some options.  Now I just need to find the time!

You know, Ken Burns can tell a story about as well as anyone, so maybe I'll just leave it at that.  But if I can find some free books on the subject, why not read them?

Walker Art Gallery & The Help

Two new experiences in the last couple of days.  First off, a friend of mine visited Minneapolis (a place I have never been) and told me all about his visit to the Walker Art Center.  The first public art gallery in the Upper Midwest, the Walker Art Center was very much worth the trip, I was told.  He did not get to spend much time there, but he was certainly glad he went, and suggested that I make my way there if I go to Minnesota for the first time.

Secondly, I finally saw The Help.  I liked it, although after hearing about the book from everyone else, I feel like I already knew what was going to happen in the film version of the Kathryn Stockett novel.  But overall, it was a good movie, but I don't know if I can look at chocolate pie again.  Gross.

So one good movie, and one good art gallery.  One thing I can cross off my list, and one thing that is now added.

Breaking Dawn and the New Kindle

So my wife the other day reminds me that the first installment of the Breaking Dawn movie, the latest in Stephanie Meyer's vampire saga, is set to open in November.  I've heard this before, and don't tell my friends, but I'm actually looking forward to seeing the movie too.  Not that I'm a huge fan, but I have seen the first three movies, and by now I just need to see how it ends.

But just when I think she cannot be anymore excited and anxious about something she then decides that she has to get her hands on the new Kindle.  I have had a Kindle for the last couple of years.  In fact, I do not even know what version Kindle I have, it's been that long since I got it.  But I love it.  I love the fact that I can read at the gym, while I'm getting my oil change, and with one hand in bed or on the couch.  I also love that I can get Amazon textbooks from it.  I still prefer actual textbooks, but maybe I'm just too old. 

My wife has never been interested in my Kindle.  Until, that is, a friend of hers got one and showed it off.  Now it's all the rage in my house.  But my wife loves to read (getting back to the Breaking Dawn movie), and if the Kindle is what she wants for her birthday or Christmas, then I'll put it on her list.

We must lead boring lives if a Stephanie Meyer vampire movie and a Kindle cause all this excitement.