Norman H. Clark

Research into the Everett Massacre led me to this book. I picked it up expecting it to be a chore to get through, but was hooked within minutes. Clark's attention to the perspectives of individuals within the community give the entire book an immensely relatable feel. His ability to tell a story really brought the past to life. When I'd read the final pages, I found myself missing Everett - a city I've never visited.

I'll be seeking out his other books.

2728 Deliver Us From Evil: An Interpretation of American Prohibition, by Norman H. Clark (read 6 Apr 1995) This is a 1976 book on American Prohibition. It is not exactly history--no footnotes and heavy on sociology, but it is interesting. It is quite balanced. The author has good things to say for Prohibition, and pooh-poohs the notion that Prohibition increased drinking--it clearly did not--or that crime increased because of it. Obviously, however, Prohibition decreased respect for law. The show more author points out the same thing can be said for drug laws--and there is merit in what he says. Since I strongly believe in illegalization of harmful drugs I presume if I had been an adult in 1915 I might have been for Prohibition! This book is a Norton Essay in History. Other titles in the same series look interesting. show less