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The Wet Parade by Upton Sinclair

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The Wet Parade
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Publisher: Farrar & Rinehart
Number of pages: 444

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In the early 20th Century, with the Prohibition Era approaching, two families come undone over the evils of alcohol. The drinking of Roger Chilcote costs him everything, including all his family's money after gambling it away. Chilcote commits suicide...

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