Thaddeus Russell – A Renegade History of the United States

“Imagine an America without Jazz. Imagine an America in which alcohol is still illegal. Imagine an America without Broadway, Las Vegas, or Hollywood. Imagine an America in which all gays and lesbians are in the closet. All you have to do is imagine American history without organized crime.”

Thaddeus Russell, A Renegade History of the United States: How Drunks, Delinquents and Other Outcasts Made America (London: Simon & Schuster, 2011 [2010]), p. 229.