down in northville, virginia, there was a mock funeral for john barleycorn led by a man named billy sundaywas an evangelist and these false start and is not funeral he preached the eulogy. in his eulogy he said goodbye john, you were god's worst enemy and the devil's best friend. farewell. i hate you with a perfect hate and by the grace of god i love to hate you. [inaudible] >> and of course prohibition went into effect the next morning that things turned out quite differently than the temperance had expected. >> john barleycorn -- the >> was an old nickname for alcohol also known as demon rum. >> so when you're doing your tour, when you're done with the calvary baptist church, what's next? the >> would jump on the subway and go to kalorama where we see the woodrow wilson house and he was the president when prohibition went into effect in a team 20. >> we rode the subway across the city to dupont circle and now were here at the woodrow wilson house. and why do you bring your tour here? >> woodrow wilson was the president when prohibition went into effect in 1920. he's also, by the way, he

but things turned out quite differently. >> john barleycorn? >> that was an old nickname for a call. also known as demon rum. >> so when you're doing your tour, when you're done with the calvary baptist church, what's next? >> we jump on the subway and willie go see the woodrow wilson house that he was the president went prohibition went into effect in 1920. >> we rode the subway across the city to dupont circle and now we're here at the woodrow wilson house. and why do you bring her to hear? >> woodrow wilson was the president when prohibition went into effect in 1920. he was also, by the way, he left the white house in 92 and one, he's the only president who actually retired to washington, d.c.. every other president in american history left the city. that makes him unique in this country. his wife actually bought this house for him. his wife, his second wife i should say, she was married, she was a widow, formerly married to a or. and she had some money. she married wilson in 1950, the same year the house or was actually built. it was a stat

. >> john barleycorn. >> that was an old nickname for alcohol, often known as demon rum. [laughter] >> so when you're doing your tour, when you're done with the cavalry baptist church, what's done? >> we jump on the subway and go to the woodrow wilson house, and he was the president when prohibition went into effect in 1920. >> this was a portion of a booktv program. you can view the entire program and many other booktv programs online. go to booktv.org, type the name of the author or book into the search area in the upper left-hand corner of the page. select the watch link. now you can view the entire program. you might also explore the recently on booktv box or the featured video box to find recent and featured programs. >> in her book, "can sexism in america," professor, writer and commentator barbara berg presents a documented argument that women in america hasn't come nearly as far as is generally believed. this event is 50 minutes. >> thank you very much and thank you, barnes & noble, for hosting this event. thank you all for coming. he pulled me by my hair, and he

there was a mock funeral for john barleycorn. led by a man named billy sunday. was an evangelist and former baseball star. and that this mock funeral he preached the eulogy. this eulogy he said goodbye, john, you were god's worst in me and the devil's best friend. farewell. i hate you with a perfect hate, and by the grace of god, i love to hate you. >> and of course prohibition went into effect the next morning that things turned out quite differently than the temperance movement expected. >> john article or? >> that was an old nickname for alcohol. also known as demon rum. >> so when you're doing your tour, when you're done with the calvary baptist church, what's next? >> we go next to jump on the subway and go to the woodrow wilson after he was the president when prohibition went into effect in 1920. >> this was a portion of a booktv program. you can do the entire program, and many other booktv programs online. go to booktv.org. type the name of the author or plugged into the search area in the upper left hand corner of the page. select the watch link. now you