1920-1933
FRENCH PROHIBITION
America banned alcohol.
France built a fortune.
Discover how French networks, bootleggers, and iconic spirits houses kept America drinking throughout the thirteen years of Prohibition.
A Forgotten Story Between Two Continents
Behind the speakeasies, smuggling routes and the Roaring Twenties lies a forgotten story: one of the people, places and archives that forged an unexpected link between France and one of the most fascinating eras of the twentieth century.
13
years of prohibition
1920
Beginning
1933
End
UNE HISTOIRE À PLUSIEURS VISAGE
THE FRENCH GAZETTE
Dispatches of the Roaring Twenties
The Must-Read Book
Discover France’s little-known role during American Prohibition.
Enjoy the stories featured on French Prohibition ?
Based on years of archival research, Xavier Fréquant and Yassir Guelzim uncover forgotten figures, hidden smuggling networks and the French networks behind one of the twentieth century’s most fascinating stories.
📖 Available in French.
If enough readers show interest, an English edition may follow.
👉 Order the French edition today and help bring the English version to life.
They Shaped Their Era
The DOCUMENTARY
Discover the documentary that reveals France’s forgotten role in American Prohibition. Written and directed by Xavier Fréquant and Yassir Guelzim, produced by Screen Addict and Wapiti Productions, and broadcast on France Télévisions.
PROHIBITION HOTSPOTS
Step into the cities, ports and legendary locations where the story of American Prohibition unfolded.
P.O.V. : what if you were here ?
Relive the Prohibition era through the eyes of the people who shaped it.
La riche héritière
Le champion baseball
PARIS-MANHATTAN
THE ILLUSTRATED REVIEW OF FASHION, CULTURE AND SOCIETY
